Stefan Lisewski

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Stefan Lisewski (born July 6, 1933 in Tczew , Poland , † February 26, 2016 in Berlin ) was a German actor .

life and work

Lisewski graduated from the Goethe High School in Schwerin and gained his first acting experience as an extra at the Schwerin Theater . Lisewski then initially aimed for a career as a metallurgical engineer and applied to the Bergakademie in Freiberg . His passion, however, was acting; At this point in time he was able to book various extras in theater performances. Nevertheless, he completed an internship as a smelter at the Ernst-Thälmann-Werke in Magdeburg , as he was only admitted to acting studies at the State Drama School in Berlin- Schöneweide at the second attempt .

After completing his studies, Lisewski achieved a long-term engagement at the Berliner Ensemble in 1957 , where he worked until 1999. In Brecht -Theater am Schiffbauerdamm he was for decades the main pillars and played leading roles in almost all Brecht plays such as Mack the Knife in The Threepenny Opera . In addition to his stage work, Lisewski achieved great popularity through roles in DEFA and television in the GDR . His screen debut , The Song of the Sailors from 1958, where he played the sailor Jupp König, brought him his breakthrough as an actor. Countless leading roles followed, such as in Slatan Dudow's contemporary film Confusion of Love in 1959 , which made him a darling of the audience.

In the 1970s, the artist concentrated more on his stage career, but still played leading roles in the children's series Spuk unterm Riesenrad and Spuk im Hochhaus . He also made a name for himself as a speaker in radio plays. In 1977 he was awarded the GDR Art Prize.

In 2002 he played the man eater in the opera Pollicino by Hans Werner Henze under the direction of Jobst Liebrecht . The CD recording won an echo in 2004 .

Until the end he was seen in the role of Dogsborough in Brecht's The Stopping Rise of Arturo Ui in the production by Heiner Müller , which premiered in June 1995 and was performed more than 300 times at home and abroad.

He was briefly married to fellow actor Monika Gabriel . In 1969 he married his second wife Karin, with whom he lived in Berlin. This relationship resulted in two sons.

Filmography (selection)

theatre

Radio plays

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Berlin Brecht actor Stefan Lisewski died. In: morgenpost.de. Berliner Morgenpost , February 27, 2016, accessed on February 28, 2016.
  2. ↑ Who was who in the GDR. Retrieved August 21, 2016 .
  3. ^ A b Frank-Burkhard Habel , Volker Wachter : The great lexicon of the GDR stars. The actors from film and television. Extended new edition. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-89602-391-8 .
  4. ^ GDR Art Prize awarded in Berlin , In: Neues Deutschland , May 14, 1977, p. 4
personal data
SURNAME Lisewski, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Tczew , Poland
DATE OF DEATH February 26, 2016
Place of death Berlin , Germany