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The young Goethe brought his first draft of "Faust" with him to Weimar in 1775. The final version of "The Tragedy, Part I" was completed ...

No drama has enriched the German language more than Friedrich Schiller's "William Tell". This is largely due to the role the piece has played in ...

There is no way this bunch of simple-minded hooligans would follows the whims of their leader Alex. And yet here they are like wild animals ...

Beware if given free rein!« Even Schiller recognised that cultivated people could be driven to losing all semblance of self-control. And in Yasmina Reza's comedy, ...

"Humbug!" For the old grump and pinch-penny Ebenezer Scrooge, Christmas is a colossal waste of time. Family, friends and the welfare of others mean nothing ...

Papa didn’t work for the Stasi! This is something all three siblings, Erik, Matti and Britta, can agree on. Yet the question remains – who ...

The film director Nadja is pursuing a noble goal: She wants to make a documentary on the forced relocation of the rural inhabitants of Colombia ...

How do we deal with family members who see the world differently than we? Do we listen to each other? Or do we instantly go ...

Two people write each other letters. A correspondence that lasts decades. Only in their letters do they feel truly connected to one another. For reality ...

n the heated debates about European identity, front lines are often drawn between the pros and cons of »national statehood« on one hand and the ...

A hot summer in the country. The old farmer Arkadi manages a large estate in the middle of nowhere where he lives with his wife ...

»Faust« is the Olympus of poetic drama. It remains the most quoted and most frequented play in Germany today. It is the work of a ...

For those who are intrigued at how power functions, how one seizes it, and the price one pays to keep it, »Macbeth« offers a telling ...

In his piece »Nathan the Wise«, Lessing created a figure that symbolises the non-prejudiced and respectful relationship between the world's religions. The story is set ...

Philipp, a successful football player, has been invited to talk to a class of school children about his life and career. He is, after all, ...

In linguistically diverse monologues - sometimes in more detail, sometimes with only one sentence - women tell about their lives with the men. They are ...

A jug has been broken. Mrs. Marthe, the owner of this precious and historical jug, appears together with her daughter Eve in court to accuse ...

A family is summoned to a windowless room. The words »resource adjustment« are printed on the invitation. The room is under video surveillance, and every ...