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Peter Weck

Peter Weck is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Peter Weck rather than just read about it. In short: Peter Weck (born 12 August 1930) is an Austrian film director and actor. In addition to his about 130 film and television acting credits between 1954 and 2015, he worked as a director on more than 50 productions between 1969 and 2007.

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Reference excerpt

Peter Weck (born 12 August 1930) is an Austrian film director and actor. In addition to his about 130 film and television acting credits between 1954 and 2015, he worked as a director on more than 50 productions between 1969 and 2007.

Biography Weck studied acting at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna and the Max Reinhardt Seminar. He made his film debut in 1954 and had a supporting role as Karl Ludwig of Austria in the 1955 historical drama Sissi (1955) with Romy Schneider. Weck found himself typecast in comedic and romantic roles in light entertainment films. He also appeared in a number of international film productions, as choir conductor Max Heller in the music film Almost Angels (1962) and as Romy Schneider's husband in Otto Premingers monumental drama The Cardinal (1963). In the 1980s, Weck had a leading role as the family father in the German television sitcom Ich heirate eine Familie (I Marry a Family). Starting with the comedy film Help, I Love Twins, Weck also regularly worked as a film and television director until the 2000s. He directed his own sitcom Ich heirate eine Familie and a number of Tatort episodes. He was also successful as a stage director for a number of theatres which work together in the organization Vereinigte Bühnen Wien, co-founded by Weck in 1987. As a Theater manager in Vienna during the 1980s, he was responsible for the German-language premieres of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. He also produced the original production of Elisabeth in 1992.

Selected filmography

Actor

Victoria in Dover (1954) Sissi (1955) The Stolen Trousers (1956) Her Corporal (1956) One Should Be Twenty Again (1958) Paradise for Sailors (1959) Rendezvous in Vienna (1959) I Will Always Be Yours (1960) The Dream of Lieschen Mueller (1961) Mariandl (1961) Almost Angels (1962) Mariandl's Homecoming (1962) The Bird Seller (1962) The Bandit and the Princess (1962) The Forester's Daughter (1962) Leutnant Gustl (1963, TV film) Is Geraldine an Angel? (1963) The Cardinal (1963) Marry Me, Cherie (1964) When the Grapevines Bloom on the Danube (1965) Always Trouble with the Teachers (1968) Why Did I Ever Say Yes Twice? (1969) Our Doctor is the Best (1969) The Reverend Turns a Blind Eye (1971) Who Laughs Last, Laughs Best (1971) My Daughter, Your Daughter (1972) Trouble with Trixie (1972) Always Trouble with the Reverend (1972) Merry-Go-Round (1973) Ich heirate eine Familie (1983–1986, TV series) I Desire You (1995, TV film) Alte Liebe – Neues Glück (1996, TV film) Aimee & Jaguar (1999) Die Rosenkönigin (2007, TV film) Grandma Rules (2012, TV film) The 7th Dwarf (2014)

Director Help, I Love Twins (1969) Nachbarn sind zum Ärgern da (1970) Wenn mein Schätzchen auf die Pauke haut (1971) Don't Get Angry (1972) Kolportage (1980, TV film) — (based on Kolportage by Georg Kaiser) Ein Kleid von Dior (1982, TV film) — (based on Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris) Ich heirate eine Familie (1983–1986, TV series) I Desire You (1995, TV film) Alte Liebe – Neues Glück (1996, TV film) — (Remake of Der Hofrat Geiger and Mariandl) Die Rosenkönigin (2007, TV film)

Decorations and awards 1980: Title of Professor (awarded by the Austrian Ministry of Education) 1984: Bambi Award 1984: Golden Camera Award for Best Director for Ich heirate eine Familie (I married a family) 1985: Golden Europe (Goldene Europa) 1985: Golden Camera Award in the category of Most Popular TV Series pair (1st place HÖRZU reader's choice) (with Thekla Carola Wied) 1985: Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna 1988: Telestar 1990: Bambi Award 1990: Title Kammerschauspieler 1990: Heinrich Abelé Award 1990: Golden Romy as Favoured series Star 1991: Karl Valentin Order 1991: Tourism Award of the Vienna Chamber of Commerce for the musical Cats 1992: Golden Europe 1992: Golden Rathausmann 1993: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art 1993: Year of the Gourmet 1993: Bacchus 1996: Germany International Musical Award for his outstanding service to the German-language musical 2000: Great Gold Medal for services to the province of Lower Austria 2001: Gold Medal of Vienna 2004: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria (Grosses Silbernes Ehrenzeichen) 2005: Platinum Romy for lifetime achievement 2012: Crown of folk music for life work

References

External links Peter Weck at IMDb

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Peter Weck

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Peter Weck claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Peter Weck before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Peter Weck ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Peter Weck

In research: Peter Weck appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Peter Weck in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Peter Weck is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1930 births, 20th-century Austrian male actors, 21st-century Austrian male actors, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Peter Weck outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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