On July 23, it was announced that Werner Enke (1941-2026) had passed away at the age of 85. His former film partner Uschi Glas (82) finds emotional words to say goodbye.
The German actor and author, who celebrated major successes in the late 1960s and early 1970s with the comedies "Zur Sache, Schätzchen" and "Nicht fummeln, Liebling", died in Munich on July 20 after a serious illness. This was confirmed to dpa by a friend of the actor, citing Enke's partner May Spils (84).
Spils directed both films at the time, with Enke taking on the male lead roles. For "Zur Sache, Schätzchen" from 1968, both Spils and Enke were co-responsible for the screenplay. Alongside him, Uschi Glas became a cinema star with the comedy.
Celebration for "Zur Sache, Schätzchen" anniversary was already planned
The two had actually wanted to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the film comedy in two years, the actress explains upon request to Munich's "Abendzeitung". 'But now you are in heaven and looking down on us,' Glas says, addressing her former colleague directly. She wants to thank him from the bottom of her heart. Working together was a joy, even though the two 'also bickered quite a bit from time to time,' she reports. The co-stars simply had different personalities. Glas was 'the bourgeois one,' Enke 'the bourgeois terror.' He fascinated her - and she possibly fascinated him a little too, as she believes.
Glas remembers that his 'wonderful partner' was the first female director that the veteran actress had worked with. She would have gladly worked with the two of them again, but it never happened. She spoke with Spils for a long time and both women believed 'that the soul somehow, somewhere continues to exist.' Glas concludes her farewell with the words: 'So, farewell, dear Werner, and watch over us from up there, and have a wonderful time, out there in heaven, in the universe...'
