Die Verdammten
Team
Director, stage design
Ersan Mondtag
Artistic collaborator: Stage design
Christine Ruynat
Costumes
Teresa Vergho
Lighting design
Rainer Casper
Music
Beni Brachtel
Dramaturgy
Beate Heine
Choral work and choreography
Jonas Grundner-Culemann
Sound design
Marco Bussi
Cast
Joachim von Essenbeck, Seniorchef der Stahlwerke
Margot Gödrös
Sophie von Essenbeck, Joachim von Essenbecks Nichte und Witwe seines ältesten Sohns
Yvon Jansen
Friedrich Bruckmann, Direktor der Essenbecker Stahlwerke
Elias Reichert
Obersturmbannführer von Aschenbach
Nicolas Lehni
Martin von Essenbeck
Ines Marie Westernströer
Konstantin von Essenbeck
Benjamin Höppner
Günther von Essenbeck
Jonny Hoff
Herbert Thallmann, Vizepräsident der Essenbecker Stahlwerke
Yuri Englert
Elisabeth Thallmann
Merle Wasmuth
Erik / Erika, Lisa
Mika Kickbusch, Pauline Essmann, Marta Arteaga, Fiona Angelo
Chorus
Antonia Bockelmann, Dennis Bodenbinder, Campbell Caspary, Julius Ferdinand Brauer, Laura Friedmann, Marlene Goksch, David Kösters, Paul Langemann
Musicians (Recording)
Piano
Jean-Pierre Collot
Viola
Ludwig Hahn
Cello
Nargiza Yusupova, Walter Brachtel
Bass flute
Serena Amino
Bass clarinet
Arabella Purucker
Bassoon
Kaspar Reh
In his 1969 film about the fictional industrialist von Essenbeck family, Italian director Luchino Visconti explores the dark and destructive era of German history in the 20th century.
He tells the story of the German industrial aristocracy that gets involved with the up-and-coming National Socialist rulers and of murder, slaughter, jealousy, delusions of power, ambition and decadence under fascism. The exclusive evening party that the old steel baron Joachim von Essenbeck has gathered around him to celebrate his birthday is severely disturbed by the news of the Reichstag fire in February 1933. In the course of the discussion about this event, the family splits into different political camps. The following night, the senior partner is murdered at the behest of the National Socialists. A ruthless and bloody battle for power and influence in the company then begins.
Photo credit: Birgit Hupfeld
Time
07. December 2019 – 14. November 2020