- Corinna Harfouch receives the Hannelore Elsner Prize
Corinna Harfouch (69) will be honored at the Five Lakes Film Festival in Upper Bavaria with the Hannelore-Elsner-Award. The award, endowed with 5,000 euros, recognizes outstanding German-speaking actresses. It has been awarded since 2019 in memory of Hannelore Elsner ("Die Kommissarin", "Die Unberührbare", "Kirschblüten - Hanami"), who died in that year at the age of 76. Harfouch ("Finsterworld", "Lara", Berlin's "Tatort") follows previous winners Barbara Auer, Nina Hoss, Birgit Minichmayr, Sandra Hüller, and Paula Beer, as announced by the organizers.
At the award ceremony on September 9th in the Schlossberghalle Starnberg, Harfouch's new film "Die Ironie des Lebens" will be shown.
The festival will also pay tribute to the actress with a homage featuring three more films ("Die Schauspielerin", "Was man von hier aus sehen kann", "Sterben").
Harfouch was born on October 16, 1954, in Suhl and became a theater star in the DDR. After German reunification, she also made it big in the united Germany. Her filmography, spanning over 100 cinema and television films, is characterized by a wide range and complex character roles, according to the festival organizers (3rd to 12th September). She played, among others, Magda Goebbels in Oliver Hirschbiegel's "Der Untergang" and a fleeing DDR citizen in Margarethe von Trotta's "Das Versprechen".
During the festival, viewers can anticipate the screening of other films starring Harfouch beyond "Die Ironie des Lebens," such as "Die Schauspielerin," "Was man von hier aus sehen kann," and "Sterben."
Harfouch's impressive career includes portraying diverse and intricate characters in numerous productions, underscoring her status as an Other, known for her versatility and range as an actor.
