Nikolas Vogel

Nikolas Vogel
Born9 March 1967
Vienna, Austria
Died28 June 1991(1991-06-28) (aged 24)
Jože Pučnik Airport, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Cause of deathMissile strike, Yugoslav Federal Army
Resting placeAustria
NationalityAustrian
Other namesNik
Occupation(s)Actor and news camera operator
Years active10 years
Known forActing
Notable workThe Inheritors (1984)
Parent(s)Peter Vogel and Gertraud Jesserer
RelativesMichael Vogel (brother), Rudolf Vogel (grandfather)

Nikolas Vogel (9 March 1967 – 28 June 1991) was an Austrian-German film actor and news camera operator. Nikolas Vogel belonged to a family of famous actors and he also became an actor. Vogel left the acting profession to report the news and worked for a short time as journalist before he was killed in the Ten-Day War as Yugoslavia was dividing in the aftermath of Marshall Josip Broz Tito's death. Vogel was killed in a missile incident along with his Austrian colleague Norbert Werner.[1]

Personal

Nikolas Vogel was born on 9 March 1967 in Vienna, Austria. He was born into an acting family. His mother, Gertraud Jesserer, was a well known Austrian theater, cinema and television actress. She appeared in theater performances at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, Burgtheater in Vienna, and the Munich Kammerspiele among others. She had a starring role and appeared in the Austrian, German-language TV show Familie Leitner.[2][3]

His father Peter Vogel was a well known German actor, whose career included a role in the 1978 US TV Miniseries Holocaust.[4] His grandfather was Rudolf Vogel and also a famous and successful actor. His grandfather was acting at the Landesbühne in Munich, Staatstheater and the Munich Kammerspiele. He did several film productions as well. Nikolas had a younger brother Michael.[4][5]

Film career

Nikolas Vogel acted in movies and TV shows before becoming a journalist.[6][7] Acting in teenage roles, Vogel had a starring role in The Inheritors (1984). His character, Thomas Feigl, is a young boy who joins a neo-Nazi group.[8]

Vogel's apparent maturity was reflected in his onscreen portrayals. In his early roles, he was often sexualized and shown naked. In The Inheritors, he has a frontal nude scene.

  • Requim for Dominic (1991)[9]
  • Eurocops (TV series, 1989 episode)[10]
  • O zivej vode (TV movie, 1988)[11]
  • Bibos Maenner (1986)[12]
  • Herzklopfen (1985)[13]
  • The Inheritors (1983) [8][14]
  • Was Kostet Der Sieg? (1981)[15]

Journalism career

Aerial shot taken of the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport.

Death

Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is located in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Vogel was working as a freelance photojournalist when he was killed along with colleague Norbert Werner on 28 June 1991 at the Ljubljana Airport, Slovenia. They were both killed by a missile that struck their car during a Yugoslav Federal Army attack on the airport during Ten-Day War after Slovenia declared its independence.[16][17][18][19][20]

Memorial

Slovenia celebrated its entry into the Schengen Treaty with other European countries at the site where Vogel and Werner were killed. The two journalists were acknowledged at the celebration.[19][21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Media: Journalists who die in action". The Guardian (UK). 14 October 1991.
  2. ^ "Gertraud Jesserer feiert 65. Geburtstag". Wien ORF.at. 13 December 2008. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  3. ^ Schinner, I. "Jesserer, Gertraud". Austria Forum. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  4. ^ a b Prager, Tessa (22 September 1978). "Vor seinem Tod: Peter Vogel floh aus Krankenhaus". Arbeiter Zeitung. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  5. ^ "About our restaurant". Restaurant Fromme Helene. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  6. ^ "Nikolas Vogel (1967–1991)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  7. ^ "Nikolas Vogel, Filmography". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2016. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  8. ^ a b Canby, Vincent (11 January 1985). "The Inheritors". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  9. ^ "Requiem for Dominic (1991)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Stolpersteine". imdb.com. 18 August 1989. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  11. ^ "O zivej vode (1988)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Bibos Männer (1986)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Herzklopfen (1985)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  14. ^ "The Inheritors (1983)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  15. ^ "Was kostet der Sieg? (1981)". imdb.com. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
  16. ^ John, Simpson (15 August 1995). "A joke, a shot, a pool of blood; To date, 75 journalists have died in the war in the former Yugoslavia". The Independent (UK).
  17. ^ "Yugoslav Planes Bomb Key Airports in Slovenia - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. 30 June 1991. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  18. ^ Malović, Stjepan; Selnow, Gary W. (2001). The People, Press, and Politics of Croatia - Stjepan Malović, Gary W. Selnow - Google Books. Bloomsbury Academic. ISBN 9780275965433. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
  19. ^ a b "Prime Minister Janez Janša proclaims the single Schengen area one of the foundations of freedom, cooperation and progress in the European Union". Nekdanji-pv.gov.si. 31 March 2008. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  20. ^ "Zeitgeschehen: Kriegsreporter: Die Zeugen Des Grauens - Leben - Focus Online - Nachrichten" (in German). Focus.de. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  21. ^ "Address by the Slovenian Prime Minister and the President of the European Council Janez Janša on the occasion of the abolition of internal air border controls and the definitive entry of the Republic of Slovenia into the Schengen area". EU2008.si. Retrieved 7 February 2014.

Bibliography

  • Holmstrom, John. The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995. Norwich, UK: Michael Russell, 1996, pg. 367.