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A Play Adapted from the Film by Michael Haneke
Experience the last year in the life of a loving couple — This play is about one of the great controversies of our time: euthanasia. Karin Henkel finds new images for a deeply moving subject.
Michael Haneke, one of Europe’s most important auteur filmmakers, depicts the final year in the life of an old married couple in a deeply moving way and circles round one of the great ethical controversies of our time: euthanasia. In his film, he asks how we can cope with the suffering of a loved one.
Anne and Georges, a couple in their eighties, enjoy a fulfilling retirement in a spacious flat in an old building. Their everyday life is punctuated by concert-going and meeting friends — until Anne suffers a stroke. At first, Georges selflessly cares for her as they both try to come to terms with the new situation. But the couple becomes more and more isolated and, when Anne’s condition starts to rapidly deteriorate, she asks her husband for help. What should Georges do? What would you do?
Karin Henkel and her ensemble based around André Jung, who – after “Effingers” – is returning to the Münchner Kammerspiele for this project, find completely new and idiosyncratic images for this unsettling material about a dignified end to life.
Shortlisted for the German Theatre Prize DER FAUST in the category directing of a play. More info HERE.