Graf Öderland (Count Badland) – Max Frisch

Theater Basel and Residenztheater München
Stage Director: Stefan Bachmann
A bank clerk bludgeons a janitor to death: with no reason, no motive, just like that. This murderer and his “senseless” deed totally derail the general prosecutor whose job it is to bring the charge. In a mad rush, he leaves his well-ordered existence and becomes an axe-wielding murderer, initiating a bloody movement against the socio-political status quo.
Stefan Bachmann stages Frisch’s drama as a highly musical nightmarish trip with powerful imagery, giving full scope to the suggestive power of the theatre.
Statement of the Jury Theatertreffen Berlin, 2021

Ein Bankangestellter erschlägt einen Hausmeister: ohne Motiv, einfach so. Diese „sinnlose“ Tat wirft den Staatsanwalt, der die Anklage führen soll, völlig aus der Bahn. Hals über Kopf verlässt dieser sein geordnetes Dasein und initiiert als Mörder mit der Axt in der Hand eine blutige Bewegung gegen den gesellschaftspolitischen Status quo.
Stefan Bachmann erzählt Frischs Drama als hochmusikalischen, bildgewaltigen alptraumartigen Trip, in dem er die suggestive Kraft des Theaters zur vollen Entfaltung bringt.
Statement der Jury Theatertreffen Berlin, 2021

Thiemo Strutzenberger The Prosecutor
Barbara Horvath Elsa, A Gendarme, The aged state president
Simon Zagermann Dr. Hahn, A Convict
Linda Blümchen Hilde, Inge, Coco
Steffen Höld The Murderer
Klaus Brömmelmeier Mario, A Gendarme, The General, Mrs Hofmeier
Moritz von Treuenfels A Guard, A Concierge, The Commissioner, A Student
Mario Fuchs The Father, A Page, The Minister of the Interior
Julius Schröder The Mother, The Driver, The Director
Musician Julia Bassler, Cornelius Borgolte, Sven Kaiser, Tobias Weber

Venue Theater Basel and Residenztheater München
Stage Director Stefan Bachmann
Stage Design Olaf Altmann
Dramaturgy Barbara Sommer
Composition and Musical Director Sven Kaiser
Film Director Peter Schönhofer

A production by ZDF/3sat, recorded at Theater Basel
© Naxos Rights (Europe) Ltd, 2023

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