Hans Vogt Film Prize from the city of Rehau goes to Robert Gwisdek

The Hans Vogt Film Prize of the City of Rehau honors the pioneering achievements of Hans Vogt, an engineer born and raised in Wurlitz. He played a decisive role in the invention of sound cinema (image-sound film) and thereby ushered in a new era in film history. Since 2012, the prize has been awarded during the Hof International Film Festival and is endowed with €5,000. The prize is aimed at film professionals, composers, and musicians who pursue the quality and expression of film sound and film music in a creative, innovative, and passionate way.

This year the prize goes to the actor, director, musician, and author

ROBERT GWISDEK

Robert Gwisdek, also known by his stage name Käptn Peng, was born in 1984 in East Berlin and is a true multitalent. As an actor, musician, author, and director, he does not shy away from crossing borders between film, theater, sound art, and literature – demonstrating a remarkable ability to interconnect different forms of expression. From 2002 to 2006 he studied acting at the University of Film and Television “Konrad Wolf” in Potsdam, where he also had his first major engagements. In 2008, Robert Gwisdek was awarded the Günter Strack Television Prize as Best Nachwuchsschauspieler (rising star actor) for his role as Anton Brenner in the feature film "Fathers, for they know not what they do". In 2018 he received the German Film Award for his portrayal of the sensationalist reporter Michael Jürgs in Emily Atef’s biographical film "3 Tage in Quiberon".

Robert Gwisdek has a close connection to the Hof International Film Festival. In 2023 he presented two directorial works in Hof. In addition to the short film “The Alchemist”, his feature film debut “The Boy Who Owns the World” was also on the schedule, for which he was also awarded the Hofer Critics Prize for Best Director.

But his talent is not limited to the camera. As a musician and songwriter for the band Käptn Peng & Die Tentakel von Delphi, he combines rhythm with linguistic precision. His lyrics and songs reveal dramaturgical sensitivity. He is also responsible for the musical scoring of films such as Alki, Alki and Die Känguru-Verschwörung.