Paris, 1935: a pulsating metropolis at the centre of Europe. The city has become a place of exile for thousands who had to leave Germany after the National Socialists seized power in 1933. As early as the 1920s, Lion Feuchtwanger was one of the first who recognised how dangerous Hitler and his party were going to be. In his novel Exil, completed in 1939, he managed to bring the time before the outbreak of the Second World War to life – for the coming generations who would not be able to comprehend how most people did nothing although the brute force of the National Socialist rulers became more and more apparent. Feuchtwanger’ characters struggle with the question of what it means to do "the right thing" in this situation and tell stories of careerism, opportunism, oppression, moral courage, love and betrayal.
We regularly present performances of "Exile" with English surtitles. You can find the dates here. Our box office staff will be happy to tell you from which seats you will have a good sight-line to the surtitles. For the best view of both stage and surtitles, we recommend seats in the stalls (Parkett) from row 11, or in the balconies (1. Rang, 2. Rang). Seats in the side boxes have a partially obstructed view.
- Oliver Kraushaar as Sepp Trautwein
- Pauline Knof as Anna Trautwein
- Jannik Mühlenweg as Hanns Trautwein
- Lili Epply as Erna Redlich
- Peter Moltzen as Walther Reichsfreiherr von Gehrke („Spitzi“), u.a.
- Marc Oliver Schulze as Erich Wiesener
- Luana Velis as Maria Hegner
- Constanze Becker as Lea de Chassefiere
- Paul Zichner as Raoul de Chassefiere
- Paul Herwig as Franz Heilbrun / Leonhard Riemann
- Gerrit Jansen as Louis Gingold
- Martin Rentzsch as Konrad Heydebregg, u.a.
- Luk Perceval Regie
- Annette Kurz Bühne
- Emmanuelle Bischoff Mitarbeit Bühne
- Ilse Vandenbussche Kostüm
- Rainer Süßmilch Musik
- Jannes Noorman Sound Engineering
- Ted Stoffer Choreografie
- Rainer Casper Licht
- Sibylle Baschung Dramaturgie
- Charlotte Brohmeyer, Bar Gonen, Giada Grieco, Ji Sun Hagen, Liadain Herriott, Valeriia Kuzmenko, Ilil Land-Boss, Aaron Lang, Anela Luzi, Aldo Spahiu, Madeleine Rose White, Alina Yeshchenko Bewegungschor