Georg Leopold

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Georg Leopold Flaschka (born March 30, 1920 in Gleiwitz , † June 17, 2004 in Potsdam ) was a German actor , director and general manager .

Life

Born as the 12th child of a working-class family in Gleiwitz , Georg Leopold Flaschka was orphaned at an early age, went to a humanistic grammar school and then attended the Helene Lackner drama school in Berlin . The beginning of the Second World War in 1939 put the budding actor at an end for the time being, as he was drafted into the Wehrmacht . He later fought against National Socialism illegally, which was highly credited to him in the Soviet occupation zone after the end of the war . His expulsion from Silesia initially ended in Meiningen , where he devoted himself particularly to political and social activities. Flaschka becomes chairman of the denazification commission , was elected to the district council, worked as a political reciter and led amateur theater groups. In 1947, director Fritz Diez brought him to the Meiningen Landestheater as an actor and director , where he also met his future wife Krista-Sigrid Lau . Here he made his name both the stage name George Leopold , was as director of Görlitz and Erfurt , firm and then in 1959 as a writer, actor and director for German Television in Berlin to change.

Filmography

theatre

Director

actor

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Georg Leopold at DEFA Filmsterne. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  2. ↑ Meininger actors (PDF). Meininger-in-Berlin. Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  3. ↑ Berliner Zeitung of October 6, 1960, p. 2
  4. ↑ Neues Deutschland, October 2, 1969, p. 3
personal data
SURNAME Leopold, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flaschka, Georg Leopold (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor, director and artistic director
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Gliwice
DATE OF DEATH June 17, 2004
Place of death Potsdam