Jacobi, Ernst, 1933-2022

Ernst Gerhard Ludwig Jacobi-Scherbening, professionally called Ernst Jacobi ([ɛʁnst ˈjaːkɔbiː]; 11 July 1933 – 23 June 2022), was a German actor. He was known for serious character roles, especially in the 1979 film The Tin Drum (Die Blechtrommel), as Hans in Germany, Pale Mother (1980), as Adolf Hitler in Hamsun (1996), and as the narrator in The White Ribbon (2009). He appeared in over 200 television productions and worked at the Burgtheater in Vienna from 1977 to 1987, and at the Schauspielhaus Zürich from 1987 to 1992. In 1975 he won the Berliner Kunstpreis for his portrayal of Alexander März in the television film Das Leben des schizophrenen Dichters Alexander März.