Carl Zuckmayer

Der Hauptmann von Köpenick

Based on the true story of the infamous grifter Wilhelm Voigt, unemployed shoemaker and small-time criminal, this German fairytale from Carl Zuckmayer exposes the preposterous laws, the potential nonsense of bureaucracy, and the results of corruption.Voigt needs a certificate of registration – for that, however, he needs a certificate of employment, with no papers and no job. His efforts aren’t helped when he attempts to resolve his conun-drum by breaking into the police department, landing him immediately behind bars. Fast-forward ten years, when Voigt is released from prison and decides to play the authorities at their own game...

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Location:

Großes Tasch

Duration:

approx. 2 hours 40 minutes, 1 break

Premiere:

Saturday, 02.11.2019

Direction: Nina Pichler
Stage & costumes: Hans Winkler
Dramaturgy: Jürgen Sachs
Theatre pedagogy: Michael Pietsch
Direction assistance: Philip Lütgenau
Prompting: Silke Knauff

Acting:

Wilhelm Voigt – Jürgen Helmut Keuchel
Gefängnisdirektor / Adolf Wormser / Dr. Jellinek / Zuchthausdirektor / Friedrich Hoprecht / Stadtschutzmann Kilian / Kriminaldirektor – Sven Brormann
Oberwachtmeister / Betrunkener Gardegrenadier / Obermüller / Sträfling / Zweiter Bahnbeamter / Kriminalinspektor – Ben Knop
Zuschneider Wabschke / Polizist / Sträfling / Stadtkämmerer Rosenkrantz / Passkommissar – Simon Olubowale
Hauptmann von Schlettow / Sträfling / Beamter / Krakauer / Stadtrat Rau / Polizeiinspektor / Kommissar – Metin Turan
Willy Wormser / Paul Kallenberg / Sträfling / Helmut / Erster Bahnbeamter / Grenadier / Nachtkellner / Oberwachtmeister – Robert Oschmann
Dame / Sträfling / Marie Hoprecht / Fanny / Stadtrat Comenius – Lisa Grosche
Plörösenmietze / Sträfling / Mathilde Obermüller / Krankes Mädchen / Scheuerfrau – Victoria Schmidt

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