Abgesagt | Der zerbrochne Krug

In the organizer's words:

In the village of Huisum it is court day and Judge Adam stumbles out of bed and over himself first thing in the morning. At least that's what he claims. For as much as this Adam case is true as a metaphor, this is actually only the first of a multitude of lies that the judge will unabashedly tell. The real reason for his damaged foot and bruised face is the result of an abuse he committed the night before: Pestering young Eve in her room, he is surprised by her fiancé Ruprecht and injures himself while escaping by jumping through the window. On top of that, a jug breaks. With this, Eve's mother Marthe now goes to court and accuses Ruprecht of the nocturnal assault. Ruprecht contradicts vehemently, while Eve is blackmailed by Adam and remains silent. All this in the presence of Schreiber Licht, who is smarter and more knowledgeable than he shows, as well as under the eyes of the new court councilor Walter, who has arrived to examine and revise the justice system. In public, Adam thus puts himself on trial, with the obvious goal of convicting Ruprecht as the perpetrator and quickly putting the case on file. What makes Kleist's drama of 1811 a comedy is above all the audacity with which power is exercised by the patriarchy, positions are secured and conditions are cemented. The truth does not count in the slightest; instead, it is a matter of unabashedly and unscrupulously shifting all responsibility away from oneself. Supported by a society that hypocritically plays along - standing proudly in front of its cultural heritage and pretending to be interested in justice. to the digital bonus material This content has been machine translated.