2023-10-29 04:04:03
Captivating charisma, a wonderful voice and a smile that is very appealing Jack Nicholson remembered – actor and writer August Schmölzer (65) has made his way from a farmer’s boy from western Styria to the stages and in front of the film and TV cameras.
After a culinary apprenticeship, mind you.
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“That was a coincidence. I wanted to get out of this world, made music and wrote very early on and then looked around to see how this jump might work. I didn’t have a high school diploma, and you might study acting in Graz without a high school diploma, and then it just started,” he says in the program “Herrlich Ehrlich – People Up Close”.
The whole show:
He got a lot of good advice from Josefstadt-Doyen Otto Schenk (93) on the way, one in particular remained in my memory: “‘Burli, you’ll do it.’ And I think that’s the most beautiful thing you can get. This trust – and that’s what it means: Do it the way you can. And I followed this advice.”
Guilt and evil
Schmölzer is considered a character actor, and the complex, more evil roles seem to suit him in particular.
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“I’ve always been interested in guilt and evil because it’s the most exciting thing there is. How does a person become like that? Why do we suddenly find ourselves in a situation where we do different things, hurt people, kill people? We already have 23 femicides this year. We get upset regarding other cultures, and we ourselves behave like we’re in the bush.”
The passionate writer also addresses these questions in his newly adapted novel “In the End Everything Becomes Visible.” (originally published in 2014 under the title “The Gravedigger in the Boxwood”) followed up, which has now been made into a film and will be in cinemas from November 17th.
Photographer Josef returns to his home village following decades to look for his childhood sweetheart, Ragusa. He starts working there as a gravedigger and has to bury the bodies of murdered boys.
Schmölzer himself took on the role of police commander, even though he originally didn’t want to take part.
“There is a very high risk that someone will then say, I thought differently, and the director sees it differently. Thank God that didn’t happen. Peter Keglevic is a very extraordinary director. We had a lot of fun, even though it’s such a deep character. And I’m happy to be part of it now.”
Lisa Trompisch in a “Wonderfully honest” conversation with August Schmölzer
© Image: Kurier/Karin Höllwerth
Next up is the world premiere of his children’s theater piece “Tusnelda Nieselbrimm” on November 4th, he is working on a social novel “regarding southwest Styria, which has the topic ‘Schilcher’ as its title” and a six-part series is coming up. He also dedicates his heart and soul to his charitable foundation “Stieglerhaus”.
“But I would like to slow down, do less, and perhaps be even more precise in many areas. My wife is also a visual artist and I want to support her and live her life. That’s the most important thing of all: living and loving!”
Why he has an ambivalent relationship with the church, what Steven Spielberg once said to him and why he believes that theater will never die, see the video above.
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