DIE NACHT, ALS ICH SIE SAH (TO NOČ SEM JO VIDEL)
In January 1944 Veronika and Leo Zarnik were escorted from their manor house in Slovenia by a group of Tito’s Partisans. Any trace of them was lost in the snow, and decades later no one seems to recall what happened to them
Saison 2021/22
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DIE NACHT, ALS ICH SIE SAH – TO NOČ SEM JO VIDEL Based on DRAGO JANČAR COOPERATION WITH THE SLOVENE NATIONAL THEATRE MARIBOR AND THE YUGOSLAV DRAMA THEATRE BELGRADEDirected by: JANEZ PIPAN
Set design: MARKO JAPELJ
Video: VESNA KREBS
Costumes: LEO KULAŠ
Drago Jančar’s novel That Night I Saw Her – the Süddeutsche Zeitung called it “a masterpiece of European literature” – is based on the true story of the Zarniks’ disappearance, which wasn’t solved until 2015. The novel’s stage adaptation in Slovenian, Serbian and German will premiere in Maribor and include members of the Burgtheater ensemble. Viennese audiences will also be able to see this production at the Akademietheater during the 2021/22 season.
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