The Croatian fist
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Title: | The Croatian fist |
Genus: | tragedy |
Author: | Slobodan Šnajder |
Premiere: | July 7, 1982 |
Place of premiere: | Split |
Place and time of the action: | Zagreb 1941 |
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The Croatian Faust is a play by the Yugoslav playwright Slobodan Šnajder that premiered in 1982 .
action
Summer 1941: in Zagreb National Theater of the local leader who demands Ustasha to the ensemble, the homage to the German occupation forces Faust of Goethe perform. The actors, intimidated by the sacking of all non-Croatians (including Jews), are reluctant to follow orders.
Immediately after the premiere, the actor Faust disappears and goes to the partisans . The actors of Gretchen and Mephisto are exposed as communists and executed.
After the Russian and Yugoslav partisans marched into Zagreb, the new rulers demanded that Faust be performed again.
Movie and TV
- Der kroatische Faust, WDR (1988), television adaptation of the German premiere. Ensemble Theater an der Ruhr , director: Roberto Ciulli in collaboration with Hans-Peter Clahsen and Michael F. Huse .
- Film theater trailer , cinema (1987), director: Hans-Peter Clahsen .
Web links
- Film trailer for the production by Roberto Ciulli at the Theater an der Ruhr .