The Munich Volkstheater's successful production can also be seen in Oberammergau this year. Brandner Kaspar outwits death. When Boandlkramer comes to get him, he makes him drunk with Kerschgeist and cheats him out of a few more years of his life while playing cards. However, the matter becomes known in heaven to Portner Peter. He does not tolerate any deviations in the divine course of fate. The Boandlkramer only has one chance: to let the Brandner taste the joys of paradisiacal eternity. The eternal drama about life and death is a comedy here. Because an individual is able to outwit the omnipotence of death and the heavenly forces of fate with his cunning and stubbornness. The story is well known and a success story for the Munich Volkstheater. The ensemble has played over 360 times to sold-out audiences in Munich.
The story of Brandner Kaspar comes from Franz Ferdinand von Kobell (1803-1882). It originally only lasted a few pages and tells of a gunsmith on Lake Tegernsee who Death wants to take. The story was soon dramatized. Josef Maria Lutz made the first dramatization with “The Brandner Looks into Paradise”, published in 1934. The well-known film adaptation with Carl Wery and Paul Hörbiger in the leading roles comes from 1949.
Today it is impossible to imagine Munich without the work: Kurt Wilhelm, a great-grandnephew of Kobell (born in 1923), wrote a theater version in 1974 and wove numerous motifs from the poet's poetic works into the dialogues and plot.
With: Markus Brandl, Maximilian Brückner, Susanne Brückner, Ursula Maria Burkhart, Tobias van Dieken, Alexander Duda, Junge Riederinger Musikanten, Peter Mitterrutzner, Stefan Murr, Hubert Schmid, Hans Schuler, Kathrin von Steinburg
Director: Christian Stückl
Stage: Alu Walter
Costumes: Ingrid Jäger
Dates: July 05th/06th, 2024 at 19:30 p.m