Munich: Dimitri Abold on his cinema debut “Beckenrand Sheriff”

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In the film, the outdoor pool stands for a place of longing, of childhood, which should be protected. Is there a place for you that would be comparable?

Maybe it’s a bit clichéd: my childhood home. This is very important to many, especially to me.

Would you like to tell us something about it?

There’s not much to say about that. The house that I have fond memories of and that we still own. But I’m not there anymore.

Not a hotel mom.

Definitely not anymore. But I associate it with memories like the small puffed-up swimming pool that we called the “Dimihausen outdoor pool” at the time and paid admission with daisies.

Very idyllic. In the film there are repeated misunderstandings – do we humans accept too much during conversations, do we have too fixed patterns in our heads?

Just like that. It is incredibly difficult not to project onto people narratives that we have taken with us over many years in our experience. And then you often miss each other in conversation, unfortunately too often. This is the case with all people who get to know each other better over time and then realize: Oh wow, I projected an incredible amount. The other person too. But now that we know each other, you no longer have to fear that you will be attacked. That one is wrong. But you can meet the other person with openness, actually with love, acceptance.

In the beginning you are “the immigrant”, then you are seen more as a person. You have also played with this “label” in the theater. Is it something you look into when it comes to casting?

Sure, you notice within the industry, at the point where we are still, that these kinds of roles are coming your way. It’s easy to put everything in one box. What needs to be considered: The basic narrative can be the same, but these people are always somehow different or different. And it is my job to find these nuances and to depict them in such detail and clearly.

Should something change there?

In any case. Basically, when you apply it to black actors, you have to be more narrative-inclusive. There are so many stories that have not yet been told, that have nothing to do with refugees, but with being Afro-German, Afro-American in Germany and nothing at all with being black.

I wasn’t sure whether to ask whether I would be on the same page in bringing you up on this factor.

It is incredibly important to have this conversation as long as these questions still exist in our context, Germany, and there are people who are not clear about some things. Of course, it is difficult to have a specific answer to such complex questions. I’m basically a fan of this, let’s clear up the situation or the questions. And don’t get caught in a situation where you’re afraid to ask these questions.

You lived in New York for almost five years. How was the return? Munich can be called home …

Definitive. Munich is small compared to New York in any case. New York has been living off diversity for a long time. You only have to walk for five minutes and you will experience a new cultural context. And you don’t have that in Munich. Whether it is now, unfortunately, can be discussed. So every time I came back it was an “oh wow”, everything is a bit more uniform here, but not unsightly. Different. The city is developing into a very diverse city. More versatile. And every time I noticed it more.

This is your film debut. What are your plans Is there a direction you want to go now?

No, it is important to me to position myself broadly, not only in terms of acting but also artistically. So on the one hand the plan is to simply tell stories through acting that have not yet been told. From perspectives that have not yet been told. It doesn’t really matter to me whether it’s in the theater or in film or television. I love projects and I work on projects. I try out the scripts, production, and various other media platforms that have to do with topics such as diversity. I’m trying to position myself broadly.

Is it simply because you don’t know what to do with acting or simply because you are interested?

Because I’m interested in it. We are at a time when we should work multidisciplinary. Also because of the amount of creativity and innovation. As an artist you always try to discover something new. So much has been done in the last thousands of years, how do you find something new? If you keep up with the times, I notice: media synthesis.

Would you like to explain this briefly?

For me it is the composition and cooperation of two different elements. Let it be film and theater, you see that a lot at the moment anyway. Or film and painting combined, a fashion event and art.

Because it simply fertilizes itself.

Yes, exactly.

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on Jamaica Born in 1995, came Dimitri Abold as a three year old Munich, attended the Munich International School in Starnberg. In 2013, he was drawn to the four-year-old Acting studies after New York. After his return to the Isar, he gave the Munich police call be TV debut.

In the comedy im Bavarian court he was seen in 2019 in “Who is afraid of the white man”. Theaterpädagogik is close to his heart: “What liberating effect theater and play have – especially in the developmental years between twelve and 18.” Children and theirs could be educated in an open way creativity be stimulated.

“I love coffee, have a coffee addiction,” he confesses to the Interview. On the hunt for new coffee specialties, the Aubinger is driven in cafes from Gärtnerplatz via the Westend to Giesing.

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