Der Vorleser

In the organizer's words:

At the age of 15, Michael meets the much older Hanna. She becomes his first lover, full of affection and tenderness, but also brusque, irritable and tyrannical. She desperately guards a secret. One day she disappears without a trace. He only sees her again years later.

Bernhard Schlink's novel has been translated into more than 50 languages and has become an international bestseller. He sensitively and precisely examines the relationship between love and guilt against the backdrop of German Nazi crimes and approaches the events through the process of remembering - searching, questioning and aware of how much our past determines our present.

Stage version: Mirjam Neidhart
Director: Kai Hufnagel
Stage and costumes: Ulrike Engelbrecht
Dramaturgy: Stine Kegel

With Erika Döhmen, Tobias Dürr, Sina-Maria Gerhardt, Chantal Hallfeldt and Johan Richter

Price information:

Reduced tickets are available from €13*. For more detailed price information, please contact the Altona box office at tickets@altonaer-theater.de or 040 3990 5870 or the Harburg box office at tickets@harburger-theater.de or 040 333 95 060. *Only valid on certain days of the week. Subject to change without notice.