Time-delayed livestream at delphi LUX
Wallenstein (Livestream in the cinema)
A slaughter feast in seven courses
adapted from Friedrich Schiller
Münchner Kammerspiele
Wallenstein © Armin Smailovic
Director Jan-Christoph Gockel draws on a wealth of ideas and styles to interweave Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein trilogy with the artistic team’s two-year research project on former mercenaries in the present day. 3sat will broadcast the spectacular, multi-hour performance from the Theatertreffen as a time-delayed livestream to the delphi LUX, creating a link between cinema and theatre.
During the Thirty Years' War, Wallenstein led numerous mercenary armies as commander-in-chief. When he sought political power, the emperor had him assassinated. In 2023, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner mercenary group, set out with his troops on a march toward Moscow. The uprising failed, and a plane carrying Prigozhin crashed shortly thereafter. Who are the soldiers, merchants, and children in the entourage—then and now? How do we approach war as a way of life?
An event presented by Yorck-Kino GmbH in cooperation with Berliner Festspiele / Theatertreffen, supported by the German Federal Cultural Foundation, and funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media. Media partner: 3sat.