Klaus Mann’s novel, written in exile—a satire on opportunism and the betrayal of once-respectable values—was immediately banned in 1936. At its center is Gustaf Gründgens, alias Hendrik Höfgen, the famous actor who, under National Socialism, became “a clown to entertain the murderers.”
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Grafik Spielzeit 2627
Frank Castorf confronts the audience with the intoxication of power, the eroticism of betrayal, and the allure of ruin—no less seductive then than it is today.
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September 2026
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