Federal Cross of Merit: Sophie Rois and Blixa Cash Excellent

The outgoing Minister of Culture Claudia Roth (69) today awarded eight people with the Federal Cross of Merit. The musician Blixa Bar money (66) and actress Sophie Rois (63) are among the so honored. According to a Federal Government, Roth said: “With the Cross of Merit at the ribbon, we appreciate personalities who enrich our community with selfless ideas and put them into work with tireless commitment. This special merit are democratic state and society, free art and culture are dependent.”

According to Roth, the religious carriers are “important role models for the creatives of our country”. You an “intention to actively contribute in our democracy, to help shape them and to do it better”.

From the 1980s, musician Blixa Bargeld shaped the music scene of his birthplace Berlin – only as a founding member of the group collapsing new buildings, a band that caused a sensation worldwide. Then as a founding member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He was active as a guitarist in Nick Cave’s band until 2003.

Also as a spokesman, essayist and theater maker, who is called Hans-Christian Emmerich with a bourgeois name, was also active throughout his work.

The incomparable film, TV and theater actress Sophie Rois celebrated in the 1990s at the Berlin Volksbühne under the directorate of Frank Castorf. But she was also seen in cinema productions such as Tom Tykwers “Drei”. For the latter appearance, she was awarded the German Film Award as the best leading actress.

Rois is also active as an audiobook spokeswoman, essayist and musician. In her long and successful career, she has already been honored with numerous prizes, including the Grimme Prize and the Berlin Theater Prize. It was also seen in TV productions, including in the “crime scene” and in “Police Call 110”.