The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner - English Trailer
Two actors arrive to rehearsals finding only fragments of texts, historical documents, personal memories… but where is the play? Whose story are they telling? And what are their roles? The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner interrogates the true story of one of the most wanted Nazi criminals to escape sentencing. Instrumental to the deportation of over 100,000 European Jews to concentration camps and ghettoes, Alois Brunner evaded numerous arrest attempts – fleeing to Damascus where he was instrumental in building Syria’s intelligence services. Arriving in twenty-first century Berlin as a refugee, Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi discovers Brunner’s story and begins to research obsessively before disappearing... In this gripping play, we meet two actors piecing together the fragments of Alhaggi’s research as personal experience, world history, truth and fiction all collide. Weaving together Syrian and German history, The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner explores exile, accountability and political memory – and the complex thread that ties the past to the present. Mudar Alhaggi is a playwright, dramaturg and cultural activist, as well as founder and artistic director of Collective Ma’louba – an ensemble of Syrian theatre makers based across Germany and France. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner sees Alhaggi work with the multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company). Text by Mudar Alhaggi Direction by Omar Elerian Actors: Wael Kadour and Mohamad Alrashi Stage + Video + Light: Jonas Vogt Sound: Vincent Commaret Dramaturgy: Wael Kadour, Erik Altorfer Production Wael Kadour, Eckhard Thiemann Director Assistant: Wisam Atfah Production Assistant: Zoya Zakarya German Translation: Sandra Hetzl English Translation: Hassan Abdulrazzak A production by Collective Ma’louba Co-produced by euro-scene Leipzig, Factory International and Theater an der Ruhr, supported by the Ministerium für Kunst und Wissenschaft NRW Supported by Fonds Darstellende Kultur – Rechercheförderung, Berlin Mondiale, 1927 Art Space – Athens and Factory International
Two actors arrive to rehearsals finding only fragments of texts, historical documents, personal memories… but where is the play? Whose story are they telling? And what are their roles? The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner interrogates the true story of one of the most wanted Nazi criminals to escape sentencing. Instrumental to the deportation of over 100,000 European Jews to concentration camps and ghettoes, Alois Brunner evaded numerous arrest attempts – fleeing to Damascus where he was instrumental in building Syria’s intelligence services. Arriving in twenty-first century Berlin as a refugee, Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi discovers Brunner’s story and begins to research obsessively before disappearing... In this gripping play, we meet two actors piecing together the fragments of Alhaggi’s research as personal experience, world history, truth and fiction all collide. Weaving together Syrian and German history, The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner explores exile, accountability and political memory – and the complex thread that ties the past to the present. Mudar Alhaggi is a playwright, dramaturg and cultural activist, as well as founder and artistic director of Collective Ma’louba – an ensemble of Syrian theatre makers based across Germany and France. The Long Shadow of Alois Brunner sees Alhaggi work with the multi-award-winning Palestinian/Italian director Omar Elerian (The Bush, Royal Court Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company). Text by Mudar Alhaggi Direction by Omar Elerian Actors: Wael Kadour and Mohamad Alrashi Stage + Video + Light: Jonas Vogt Sound: Vincent Commaret Dramaturgy: Wael Kadour, Erik Altorfer Production Wael Kadour, Eckhard Thiemann Director Assistant: Wisam Atfah Production Assistant: Zoya Zakarya German Translation: Sandra Hetzl English Translation: Hassan Abdulrazzak A production by Collective Ma’louba Co-produced by euro-scene Leipzig, Factory International and Theater an der Ruhr, supported by the Ministerium für Kunst und Wissenschaft NRW Supported by Fonds Darstellende Kultur – Rechercheförderung, Berlin Mondiale, 1927 Art Space – Athens and Factory International