Internationaal Theatre Amsterdam : The Damned (1970)
An Ivo Van Hove Production
135 Min.
PG-13
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.
Cast
Baron Joachim von Essenbeck
Sophie von Essenbeck
Friedrich Bruckmann
Günther von Essenbeck
Elisabeth Thallman / waitress
Herbert Thallman
Janek
Konstantin von Essenbeck
Martin von Essenbeck
Headmaster / Inspecor
Olga
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