Martin Ploderer
After graduating from the Lycée Français de Vienne, Martin Ploderer first studied law and theater studies, but also passed the state stage entrance qualification. After performances in Vienna and Berlin, he moved to Paris, where he taught, among other things, at the renowned private drama school "Cours Florent". As a result, his path led him to the Austrian Embassy in Paris (press and information service). After his return to Vienna, he worked in various industries for a few years before deciding to return to his true calling as an actor on stage and in front of the camera. Respect for the written and spoken word is always of particular concern to him. In a time of increasing linguistic arbitrariness, Martin Ploderer would like to strengthen or awaken sensitivity and respect for precise and correct language in his audience and give it the place it deserves through an always personal and thus faithful interpretation of important literature.
Since the commemorative year 2014, in which he first presented the complete version of Karl Kraus's "Last Days of Mankind" over 16 evenings in Vienna's Pygmalion Theater, he has been touring with guest performances at home and abroad with excerpts from it. He was awarded the audience prize at the Kiev Monodrama Festival. The complete recording of the work as an audio book on 18 CDs (published by MONO-Verlag) took first place in the audio book list of the Hessian radio hr1.
He was able to inspire his audience with two other major projects of complete versions on his own - Dante Alighieri's "Göttliche Komödie" in the German translation in verse by Hans Werner Sokop and Goethe's "Faust I".
Selma Lagerlöf's "Nils Holgersson" was published as a complete version audio book in 2020.
In October 2023, the Austrian cinema film "Kein Stepp zurück" will be released in cinemas, in which Martin Ploderer plays a leading role. In November 2023, the monumental French film "L'Abbé Pierre - et vie de combats" ("Abbé Pierre, a life of struggles"), in which Martin Ploderer plays the role of Albert Einstein, will premiere in French cinemas. This film was screened out of competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
Martin Ploderer performs in both French and German. He is also active as a writer of poetry, prose and plays.