Nothing conveys the feeling of infinity as much as stupidity.
(Ödön von Horváth)
Tales from the Vienna Wood
Deutsches Theater Berlin, link…
directed by Michael Thalheimer
Premiere: 29th of March 2013
Dernière: 21th of March 2013
Faust-Award Nomination 2013
Invitations
Duisburger-Akzente 2015, Luxemburg 2015, Ludwigsburg 2015, Paris 2014, Peking 2014, Gütersloh 2014, Wiener-Festwochen 2014, Hamburger-Theaterfestival 2013
Trailer…
The people who run the butcher shop, the toy store and the tobacconist’s go about their daily lives. Their crises – whether personal, social or economic – are there to stay, they feel. Oskar the butcher has long had an eye on Marianne, whose father owns the toy store. But Marianne is attracted to the perpetually penniless Alfred, who’s having an affair with Valerie, the widow from the tobacco shop. Marianne’s father promises Oskar his daughter’s hand in marriage, but Marianne begin an affair with Alfred and breaks off the engagement. Valerie consoles herself with the dumb Nazi student Erich. After Marianne bears Alfred’s child, he quickly loses interest in her and their relationship falls apart. The child is raised by Alfred’s mother and grandmother in the countryside. And Marianne, rejected by her father, struggles to get by as a nightclub dancer.
Horvath’s “Tales from the Vienna Woods” celebrated its world premiere on November 2, 1931 at the Deutsches Theater Berlin. Set during the era of the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, the play reveals the darkness lurking behind society‘s false sentimentality.
with
Katrin Wichmann (Marianne), Andreas Döhler (Alfred), Almut Zilcher (Valerie), Michael Gerber (Zauberkönig), Peter Moltzen (Oskar), Moritz Grove (Erich), Henning Vogt (Havlitschek),Harald Baumgartner (Rittmeister), Katrin Klein (Die Mutter), Simone von Zglinicki (Die Großmutter), Jürgen Huth (Der Mister), Georgia Lautner (Ida)
Olaf Altmann (stage), Bert Wrede (music), Katrin-Lea Thag (costumes)
Wiener Festwochen
FAZ
Welt
Tagesspiegel
Deutschlandfunk
Nachtkritik