Hitler as a comedy character? Tricky. A piece called “Mein Kampf” in Hitler’s birthplace Braunau? Provocative. And yet – or precisely because of this – the Bauhoftheater dares to go above and beyond. For the 20th anniversary, the play by director and author George Tabori, which premiered in 1987, will be shown in Braunau – for the first time in Hitler’s birthplace. “Staging this brilliant piece in Braunau, the birthplace of the main protagonist, has been on our agenda for a long time,” say directors Robert Ortner and Wolfgang Dorfner. For the two of them, it’s not regarding provocation – that’s what the title suggests – but regarding an active, artistic approach to history, “without pointing fingers, but with a good dose of irony. And this is precisely what the re-emerging right-wing populism with its self-proclaimed saviors is doing “It’s a very topical piece,” they both say.
Adolf, watercolors and two Jews
That’s what it’s regarding: The young Adolf Hitler travels to Vienna for the first time. He has watercolors with him, his watercolors. Hitler, who is convinced of himself, wants to apply to the art academy with them, but first ends up in a men’s dormitory. There he shares a room with two Jews… The play premieres at the Braunau Theater Summer on Thursday, July 4th, at the church square in Braunau. In the usual Bauhof theater style, professional actors play with amateurs. Patrick Brenner takes on the role of the young Hitler, Guido Drell plays Schlomo Herzl, one of the two Jews. These two professional actors impressed at “Faust” in Braunau last year.
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