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The Drehbühne berlin is a theater and film production company from Berlin . It was founded in 2004 by Lorenz Christian Köhler , director and actor, and Nanda Ben Chaabane, actress.

Productions

In 2004 the Drehbühne berlin made its debut with a stage version of “ The Little Prince ”, in which theater, puppet shows and film are combined in one production. The film recordings were made in coproduction with the "Konrad Wolf" film school in Potsdam-Babelsberg and the puppet theater department of the "Ernst Busch" Academy of Dramatic Arts in Berlin . Well-known film and theater actors such as Bruno Ganz , Michael Mendl , Dieter Mann , Armin Rohde , Horst Krause and Florian Lukas could be won for the production. The idea of ​​charity associated with the staging had raised over € 100,000 for a UNICEF water extraction project in Sudan by 2010 .

In 2006, the Drehbühne berlin realized the world premiere of Klaus Kordon's novel “Crocodile in the Neck” as a drama and puppet theater production. The performances took place at the original location of the material, the former remand prison of the GDR State Security (today's memorial in Berlin-Hohenschönhausen ). The staging was created in collaboration with the Foundation for Coming to terms with the SED dictatorship and the Federal Agency for Civic Education .

In 2008, in coproduction with the Berlin Admiralspalast, the play "Verrückte Zeiten" was created as a homage to the film comedian Charlie Chaplin . The staging was implemented as a combination of a play and a specially produced silent film in the style of the 1920s.

Since 2008, the Drehbühne berlin has also been active in the radio play and audio book sector. The result was a radio play version of "The Little Prince", which was also cast with the well-known theater and film actors mentioned, as well as an audio book reading in 2009 of the new translation of the material with Jan Josef Liefers as the narrator.

In 2009–2011, Drehbühne berlin produced the second German film adaptation of The Little Prince in coproduction with the University of Film and Television "Konrad Wolf" , which was released on DVD in 2011 by Karl Rauch Verlag in Düsseldorf. The cast of the roles corresponds to that of the play: the little prince - Nanda Ben Chaabane, pilot and director - Lorenz Christian Köhler , in the roles of the planet dwellers Bruno Ganz (geographer), Armin Rohde (Eitler), Florian Lukas (lantern lighter), Dieter Mann (Businessman), Michael Mendl (king) and Horst Krause (drunkard). A part of the sales proceeds will go to a UNICEF well construction project in East Africa.

concept

The Drehbühne berlin puts the interaction between different artistic and representational forms of expression, especially between film and theater, at the center of its staging concepts.

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