Drama
Maxim Gorki Theater | Berlin | Germany

Anna Karenina oder Arme Leute

Anna Karenina or Poor Folk
Based on Leo Tolstoy and Fyodor Dostoyevsky,
in a version by Oliver Frljić and Ludwig Haugk
Performed in German

Trailer © Maxim Gorki Theater
Anna Karenina oder Arme Leute
Photo: Cesra Rotthoff
Anna Karenina oder Arme Leute
Photo: Ute Langkafel / MAIFOTO
Anna Karenina oder Arme Leute
Photo: Ute Langkafel / MAIFOTO
Anna Karenina oder Arme Leute
Photo: Ute Langkafel / MAIFOTO
Anna Karenina oder Arme Leute
Photo: Ute Langkafel / MAIFOTO

"Anna Karenina", Tolstoy's account of a woman in the upper ranks of society, trapped in a loveless marriage, remains one of the most moving stories ever told. Croatian theatre maker Oliver Frljić – known from Dresden to Vienna for his visually stunning and provocative productions – brings his sensitive and textually accurate account of this moving story to the stage, with the great multicultural ensemble of the Berlin Gorki Theatre. But then, suddenly, a figure from another work, the impoverished and desperate Varvara from Dostoyevsky's "Poor Folk", presents Anna with a totally surprising choice...

Cast

Director Oliver Frljić
Stage Design Igor Pauška
Costume Design Sandra Dekanić
Music Daniel Regenberg
Featuring Emre Aksızoğlu, Jonas Dassler, Lea Draeger, Anastasia Gubareva, Abak Safaei-Rad, Hanh Mai Thi Tran, Taner Şahintürk, Falilou Seck, Till Wonka, Mehmet Yılmaz