Internationaal Theatre Amsterdam : The Damned

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Hugo Koolschijn Baron Joachim von Essenbeck

Marieke Heebink Sophie von Essenbeck

Hans Kesting Friedrich Bruckmann

Daniël Kolf Günther von Essenbeck

Janni Goslinga Elisabeth Thallman / waitress