Hans-Joachim Recknitz

Jack Recknitz born HansJoachim Recknitz 19312013 was a German and Polish actor Born 25 May 1931 in BadenBaden to a family of actors HansJoachim Zinke senior and Katharina Recknitz Early in his youth he started working for the Leipzig Radio as a speaker and news anchor as well as appearing in various theatres in the German Democratic Republic In 1953 he graduated from Schauspielschule in Mannheim and passed his actors exams as an extramural student He appeared on stage in Annaberg Parchim Bautzen and KarlMarxStadt modern Chemnitz In 1965 he moved to Poland where he appeared in over 80 feature films mostly in the roles of foreigners Germans Britons or Americans While in Poland he was sometimes credited as Jacek Recknitz Between 1966 and 1968 he also worked at the Polish Radio In addition to his film work in 1967 he became a permanent member of the Jewish Theatre in Warsaw where he remained until 1980 Perhaps his greatest acting success was the role of unnamed foreign journalist based on the reallife experiences of Julien Bryan in the 1978 film Gdziekolwiek jesteś Panie Prezydencie Wherever you may be Mr President by Andrzej TrzosRastawiecki1 For this role he received the Special Prize at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia Late in his life he moved back to his native BadenBaden in Germany where he died on 13 January 2013 Description above from the Wikipedia article Jack Recknitz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia