Hildegard Knef: 100 years full of shine and musical highlights!

Hildegard Knef: 100 years full of shine and musical highlights!

In Cologne, a very special personality will be reminded this year: Hildegard Knef. With the hundredth birthday of the popular artist on December 28, 2025, there are many occasions to think about her life and career. This dazzling woman shaped the German cultural landscape for decades and had many facets in her career.

Knef, born in Ulm in 1925, is one of the most important actresses and singers in post -war Germany. She started her career in the late 1940s and quickly gained international fame. Films like "The murderers are among us" and "The sinner" made them famous; The latter even caused a scandal. In 1950 she accepted the US citizenship, but later returned to Germany, where she also continued her musical career successfully, among other things in the 1970s with her autobiography "The Gelten Gaul" Wikipedia reports that ....

a memorable concert

On March 5, 1995, Hildegard Knef gave her last concert in the large broadcaster of the House of Rundfunk in Berlin. This was not only a musical event, but also an emotional farewell to an era. Almost 70 years old, she was accompanied by the Rias Big Band in this memorable appearance and presented some of her biggest hits, including "For me it should rain red roses" and "one and one, that makes two" [radio three reports that …] (Https://www.radiodrei.de/programm/sendungen/radio3_konzert/archiv/20250711_2000.html).

The recording of this concert is considered historical and charming; The Knef shows the last few years, in which, despite health setbacks, she ran her art with an imperishable charm. Her struggle against the illness, which she accompanied for decades, was known, and she spoke openly in her interviews and books hildegardknef.de reports that ....

memory of a legend

Last weekend an event was given in Cologne under the title "The Good Salon" to remember Hildegard Knef. Under the direction of Petra Gut, René Koch, Thomas Jost, Marc Rudolf and Luzia Schmid gathered, among others, to honor an artist, whose influence continues to date. Knef was not only a talented actress, but also a strong, independent woman who achieved many people through her music and her personality.

In the further consideration of her life, it is important to emphasize that Knef always incorporated her experiences - both the good and the bad - into their art. Her musical appearances in the 1990s, such as a reading of his own texts in Vienna or the appearance in the RTL series "A Castle on Lake Wörthersee", testify to its great versatility and the impressive ability to reinvent themselves [Wikipedia reports that ...

Love for art has accompanied Knef all life. Even after her death on February 1, 2002, she was unforgettable on acute pneumonia. Your legacy lives in the numerous honors and the lasting influence on the German cultural scene.