Rita Leska

Rita Leska (born August 31, 1947 in Bottrop ) is a German actress .

She graduated from secondary school in Bottrop and then attended the Folkwang University in Essen , where she met her future husband Rüdiger Kirschstein .

During her studies, she was in 1965 by Peter Palitzsch for the role of Joan of Arc is committed to the television game " The process of Joan of Arc to Rouen in 1431 " by Anna Seghers / Bertolt Brecht .

She then got theater engagements at the State Theater in Stuttgart until 1969 and then at the Schauspielhaus Zurich , where she was one of the founders of the Berlin “ Schaubühne am Halleschen Ufer ” in the permanent ensemble.

From 1973 she works as a freelance actress.

Research trips and filming took her through all of Europe, North and South Africa, Namibia, Thailand and - apart from Brazil - all of Latin America; where she - together with Rüdiger Kirschstein - campaigned for socialist liberation movements, against military dictatorships and supported international solidarity campaigns for human rights.

Rita Leska edited several scripts for the trucking adventure TV series " Aufachse " and wrote one for Bavaria Film .

She also accompanied Rüdiger Kirschstein as a coach during his filming.

She has guested at theaters such as: Ruhrfestspiele Recklinghausen , Schauspielhaus Hamburg , Staatstheater Stuttgart , Schillertheater Berlin , Teatro Olympico Rome, as well as trips to Milan, Florence, Helsinki, Zurich etc.

Filmography (selection of some works)

• 1966: The trial of Joan of Arc at Rouen 1431 (TV)
• 1971: The Mother (TV theater recording)
• 1971: Peer Gynt (TV theater recording)
• 1972: The Wollands (cinema)
• 1973: History Points (TV)
• 1974: The bourgeois Baden revolution of 1848 (TV)
• 1975: Health (TV)
• 1975: Linda (TV)
• 1980: Berlin Mitte (TV)
• 1981: Harry & Sunny (TV)
• 1981: Leutersbronn stories (TV)
• 1987: Pentesilea en Sicilia (RAI 1)
• 1988: Legal Age (TV)
• 1989: Move on up (TV / cinema)
• 1991: Snake Love (TV)
• 1992: Krücke (cinema)
• 2003: Blueprint (cinema)

Web links

• Rita Leska in the Internet Movie Database (English)