Screenplay:
Lutz PehnertComposer:
Moritz DenisCast:
Martin Wuttke, Alexander Scheer, Milan Peschel, Lilith Stangenberg, Sophie Rois, Lars Rudolph, Christoph Schlingensief, Henry Hübchen, Daniel Zillmann (more)Plots(1)
The end of the GDR gave rise to new artistic freedoms in reunited Berlin. Shortly after the fall of the Wall, rebel director Frank Castorf was appointed artistic director of the Volksbühne. His way of working altered the public’s perception of this theatre. The post-reunification audiences in East Berlin were glad to be challenged by a series of radical productions and theatre marathons, and the Volksbühne became a legend. The chronological history of the Castorf era between 1992 and 2017 is told here in excerpts from the productions and in a series of conversations conducted on the long sofa in the theatre’s foyer. This is where we hear from actors including Henry Hübchen, Sophie Rois, Martin Wuttke and Herbert Fritsch, who moved from acting to directing, as well as Castorf himself. The people behind the scenes, who usually remain invisible to the audience, also have their say and are placed on an equal footing with prominent actors and directors. (Berlinale)
(more)Cast
Martin Wuttke
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
No Place to Go (2000)
Alexander Scheer
East Germany
Best movies:
Eight Miles High! (2007)
54 Hours (2018) (series)
Sun Alley (1999)
Milan Peschel
East Germany
Best movies:
Stopped on Track (2011)
The Captain (2017)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Lilith Stangenberg
West Germany
Best movies:
Diaz - Don't Clean Up This Blood (2012)
I Was at Home, But (2019)
The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)
Sophie Rois
Austria
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
A Hidden Life (2019)
Lars Rudolph
West Germany
Best movies:
Werckmeister Harmonies (2000)
No Place to Go (2000)
Run Lola Run (1998)
Christoph Schlingensief
West Germany
Best movies:
Terror 2000 - Intensivstation Deutschland (1992)
United Trash (1996)
Silentium (2004)
Henry Hübchen
Germany
Best movies:
Jakob the Liar (1974)
Das Große Abenteuer des Kaspar Schmeck (1981) (TV movie)
Sun Alley (1999)
Daniel Zillmann
West Germany
Best movies:
The Same Sky (2017) (series)
My Life in Orange (2011)
Me and Kaminski (2015)
Marc Hosemann
West Germany
Best movies:
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
A Coffee in Berlin (2012)
The Golden Glove (2019)
Hendrik Arnst
East Germany
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
The Reader (2008)
The Captain (2017)
Kathrin Angerer
East Germany
Best movies:
The Final Journey (2017)
Russendisko (2012)
Gundermann (2018)
Herbert Fritsch
Germany
Best movies:
The Stranger in Me (2008)
Berlin - Eine Stadt sucht den Mörder (2003) (TV movie)
Scarlet Diva (2000)
Frank Castorf
East Germany