Angelika Ritter

Angelika Ritter (born January 24, 1948 in Frankfurt (Oder) ) is a German actress and stage manager . She worked for 41 years at the Berliner Ensemble and played in films such as His Highness - Comrade Prince and Lotte in Weimar .

biography

After graduating from high school in 1966, she studied acting at the Babelsberg Film University (then “German Academy for Film Art Potsdam-Babelsberg”). Your lecturers have included BK Tragelehn , Horst Ruprecht and Siegfried maximum . During her studies she played in productions of the Hans Otto Theater such as Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti , Der zerbrochne Krug and Die Laune des Verliebten , where she also got an acting contract after graduating in 1970. On the recommendation of Peter Kupke , she was engaged to the Berliner Ensemble in 1970 after an audition. After the political change in the GDR , she also became a stage manager in 1991 and worked with directors such as Katharina Thalbach , Mona Kraushaar, Tanja Weidner, George Tabori , Peter Zadek , Heiner Müller , Einar Schleef , Luc Bondy , Thomas Langhoff , Peter Palitzsch , Claus Peymann , Frank Castorf and Philip Tiedemann together. She held this position until she retired in 2013.

1972: Omphale - directed by Ruth Berghaus - Pimplea
1975: Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti - directed by Peter Kupke - Fina
1976: The Insignificant - Directed by Karl von Appen - Klara Spann
1979: Jegor Bulytschow - directed by Manfred Wekwerth - Antonia
1984: Urfaust - directed by Horst Sübers - Lieschen and Engel
1987: Purgatory in Ingoldtstadt - directed by Axel Richter - mother Roelle
1989: Carmen Kittel - directed by Jochen Ziller - Mrs. Schubert
1991: The good person of Sezuan - Alejandro Quintana - The sister-in-law
1998: The round heads and the pointed heads - directed by Klaus Emmerich (director) - nun

1983: Brothers Grimm : Ilsabell. A fairy tale by Gerhard Gröschke , with free use of a Grimm fairy tale motif - Director: Rüdiger Show
1988: Christamaria Fiedler : Brausepulver - Director: Rüdiger Show
1988: Volkstext: The story of the man who never laughed in his life - dramaturgy and direction: Peter Brasch
1988: Hans Christian Andersen : The Flowers of Little Ida - Director: Peter Brasch
1990: Helmut Bez : Sternstunden (Part 1: Great Deeds) - Director: Karlheinz Liefers
1990: José Quevedo : The Circle - Director: Rüdiger Show

Margaret Setje-Eilers: Behind the scenes - BE theater women tell. New Life Publishing House, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-355-01831-9 , pp. 45–64.

personal data
SURNAME	Knight, Angelica
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German actress and stage manager
DATE OF BIRTH	January 24, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH	Frankfurt (Oder)