A riveting examination of the lives of ten Polish schoolmates who share the same nationality but are divided by different religions. When Nazism invades their country, the relationships that have been created in the classroom collapse. Savagery and hatred take the place of coexistence and mutual support. Hatred begets new hatred and individuals find the most unexpected aspects of themselves coming to the surface. Will time be able to heal these wounds? Will the present exonerate the past? How can the soul become calm again when its darkest aspects have been revealed?
In this superb example of modern European drama written in 2009, the Polish playwright Tadeusz Słobodzianek blends a dispassionate account with scenes of high emotion to examine how moments in history mark the lives of individuals, bringing to the surface our hidden selves and rupturing the strongest human bonds.
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creation team
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Erie Kyrgia
Translation -
Takis Tzamargias
Direction -
Eleni Manolopoulou
Set and costumes -
Dimitris Maramis
Music -
Sotiris Trvizas
lyrics -
Sakis Birbilis
Lighting -
Zoe Hadjiantoniou
Movement -
Melina Peonidou
Music coach -
Makis Mezopoulos
Assistant director -
Dafni Papaioannou
Assistant set designer -
Vivi Spathoula
Dramaturg
cast
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Vasilis Magouliotis
Jakub Katz (1919 -1941) -
Konstantina Takalou
Dora (1920 - 1941) -
Alexandros Mavropoulos
Rysiek (1919 - 1942) -
Themis Panou
Menachem (1919 - 1975) -
Giorgos Pyrpassopoulos
Zygmunt (1918 - 1977) -
Ketty Konstantinou
Zocha (1919 - 1985) -
Alkis Panagiotidis
Heniek (1919 -1921) -
Giannis Dalianis
Wladek (1919 - 2001) -
Rania Oikonomidou
Rachelka, later Marianna (1919 - 2002) -
Kostas Galanakis
Abram (1920 - 2003)