Overview
Ivo van Hove's direction of Les Damnés had its world premiere as the opening performance of the Festival d'Avignon. This theatrical adaptation, based on a film script by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, shows how a family of rich German industrialists is fatally corrupted by its collaboration with the Nazi party that has come to power. Family patriarch Baron Joachim resists and is liquidated. The struggle for the succession leads to an escalation of intrigues and manipulations, betrayal and murder.
Production
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Cast & Characters
Hugo Koolschijn
Baron Joachim von Essenbeck
Marieke Heebink
Sophie von Essenbeck
Hans Kesting
Friedrich Bruckmann
Daniël Kolf
Günther von Essenbeck
Janni Goslinga
Elisabeth Thallman / waitress
Dalorim Wartes
Herbert Thallman
Bart Bijnens
Janek
Steven van Watermeulen
Konstantin von Essenbeck
Majd Mardo
Martin von Essenbeck
Bart Slegers
Headmaster / Inspecor
Ilke Paddenburg
Olga
Directors & Crew
Ivo van Hove
Director
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