Internationaal Theatre Amsterdam : The Damned
An Ivo Van Hove Production
2023 · 2h 15m Drama
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.
Director and cast
- Hugo Koolschijn as Baron Joachim von Essenbeck
- Marieke Heebink as Sophie von Essenbeck
- Hans Kesting as Friedrich Bruckmann
- Daniël Kolf as Günther von Essenbeck
- Janni Goslinga as Elisabeth Thallman / waitress
- Dalorim Wartes as Herbert Thallman
- Bart Bijnens as Janek
- Steven van Watermeulen as Konstantin von Essenbeck
- Majd Mardo as Martin von Essenbeck
- Bart Slegers as Headmaster / Inspecor
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