Karin Lischka

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Karin Lischka (2016)

Karin Lischka (born June 16, 1979 in Vienna ) is an Austrian actress . She gained fame through the female lead in the Austrian feature film Atmen (2011).

Life

The daughter of a lawyer and a financial accountant grew up in Vienna with her younger sister. After graduating from high school , Karin Lischka studied drama and musical entertainment theater at the Vienna Conservatory . Her first engagement led her to the Reichenau Festival during her training . There she made her debut in 2001 as "Zwergin" in a dramatization of "Zauberberg" (Thomas Mann) by Hermann Beil and Vera Sturm.

After completing her studies, Lischka was engaged as a permanent member of the ensemble at the Theater in der Josefstadt in 2003 under the direction of Hans Gratzer . There you saw them u. a. as “Sepherl” in “ Man, Woman, Child or Death on the Wedding Day ” ( Johann Nestroy ) and as “Salchen” in “ The Alpine King and the Misanthrope ” ( Ferdinand Raimund ). In 2005 Lischka moved to the Vienna Burgtheater . There she stood u. a. in the productions " Area 7 " by Christoph Schlingensief and " On the ground floor and first floor " by Anselm Weber on stage.

In addition to her permanent engagements, Lischka played at the Reichenau Festival, the Wiener Festwochen and at the Theater der Jugend , the Volksoper and the Stadttheater Klagenfurt . In parallel to her theater roles, the actress also appeared in several television productions.

Lischka took on the first film lead role in 2011 in the movie Atmen by Karl Markovics . Breathing premiered in 2011 at the 64th Cannes International Film Festival in a side series. The film was awarded the Europa Award label there. The "taciturn, documentary-looking social drama" was critically acclaimed and shown at more than 60 film festivals. The multi-award-winning film was also selected as the Austrian candidate for best foreign language film at the 2012 Academy Awards.

Lischka's acting performance as "Margit Kogler", a much too young mother who is visited by her estranged son Roman ( Thomas Schubert ) years later, was received positively by international criticism. The Hollywood reporter wrote about her role: “There are gentle moments that indicate Roman's consideration of what a life outside might be like,… When he does eventually meet his mother (Karin Lischka), the encounter and those that follow seem promising, deflating , illuminating and perplexing all at once. "

In the film review of the film “Atmen” it was stated in the German weekly newspaper “ Die Zeit ”: “… Margit Kogler never appears as one of those out-of-home, self-realized, dull or otherwise out of hand mothers who are regularly burdened by German-language films becomes what ever went wrong in history… ”. After the success of Atmen, Lischka continued to focus on film and television productions. After her movie debut, she worked a. a. in various television series " Fast Determined ", " The Detectives ", " SOKO Danube ", " Cop Stories " and films such as " Käthe Kruse " (director: Franziska Buch ), "Das Assassat von Sarajevo" (director: Andreas Prochaska ), " Death in the Mountains “(Director: Nils Willbrandt ),… with. Since 2015 she has also played "Gudrun Oberhauser" in the series " Four Women and One Death " (director: Andreas Kopriva / Wolfgang Murnberger ).

Filmography

Karin Lischka at the premiere of Atmen (2011)
Karin Lischka with her breathing -Schauspielkollegen Thomas Schubert (2012)

Theater roles (selection)

  • 2001: Festspiele Reichenau: Zauberberg (Thomas Mann - in seven pictures by H.Beil and V. Sturm) - as Die Zwergin (director: Vera Sturm)
  • 2002: Festival Reichenau: The incorruptible ( Hugo von Hofmannsthal ) - as Milli (director: Vera Sturm)
  • 2002: Volksoper Wien : Singing in the midst of the noise of the world, recital and song recital (Director: Dominique Mentha)
  • 2003: Theater in der Josefstadt: Man, Woman, Child or Death on the Wedding Day (Johann Nestroy) - as Sepherl (Director: Hans Gratzer)
  • 2004: Theater in der Josefstadt : The Green Cockatoo (Arthur Schnitzler) - as The Assassin (Director: David Mouchtar-Samorai)
  • 2005: Burgtheater: On the ground floor and first floor ( Johann Nestroy ) - as Christoph (Director: Anselm Weber)
  • 2006: Burgtheater: Area 7 - as Rita Urban (Director: Christoph Schlingensief )
  • 2007: Wiener Festwochen : 151 meters above sea level (commission: Lorey) - as Elle (director: Bjoern commission, Stefanie Lorey)
  • 2008: Burgtheater : Legenden von Afrika 2fishes (Fust, Kusche) - as Astrid (directors: Sebastian Fust, Philipp Hauß)
  • 2009: Reichenau Festival : The Old Lady's Visit (Friedrich Dürrenmatt) - as a reporter (Director: Alfred Kirchner)
  • 2009: Wiener Metropol : Charley's Tante ( Vicky Schubert , Peter Hofbauer) - as Betty (Director: Vicky Schubert)
  • 2010: Reichenau Festival : The Concert ( Hermann Bahr ) - as Eva Gerndl (Director: Götz Spielmann )
  • 2012: Theater der Jugend : The King's Favorite Child (Ulrich Hub) - as Regan (Director: Ulrich Hub)
  • 2014: Stadttheater Klagenfurt: Amphitryon (Kleist) - as Charis (director: Michael Sturminger)
  • 2015: Stadttheater Klagenfurt: Anton (Pigor & Pigor) - as Aunt Lizzy (Director: Michael Schachermaier)
  • 2016: Volkstheater : The boy is circumcised ( Anja Salomonowitz ) - as an actress (director: Anja Salomonowitz)
  • 2016: Festival Reichenau: Love Stories and Marriage Matters ( Johann Nestroy ) - as Fanny (Director: Helmut Wiesner)

Web links

Commons : Karin Lischka  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quinzaine des réalisateurs ( Memento of the original of June 10, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com
  2. ↑ oe1.orf.at
  3. ↑ Awake, Alexandra: breathing . In: film-dienst 25/2011 (accessed via Munzinger Online ).
  4. ↑ filmandmusicaustria.at
  5. ↑ Breathing: Cannes 2011 Review. In: hollywoodreporter.com. The Hollywood Reporter, accessed December 15, 2015 .
  6. ↑ www.zeit.de
personal data
SURNAME Lischka, Karin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 16, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna , Austria