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Aachen is located in the far west of North Rhine-Westphalia, just a few kilometers from the border triangle of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The city owes its fame to its hot sulphurous springs, which attracted people 2000 years ago.
Charlemagne in particular appreciated the healing waters and made Aachen the capital of his empire.
Esther Schweins follows in the footsteps of the great past and introduces the Aachen City Theater, whose history goes back to 1751.
Many famous artists have started and worked in Aachen, such as Werner Krauß, Karlheinz Stroux, Hans Schalla, Hansjörg Felmy and Jürgen Prochnow.
The world-famous director Max Ophüls was an actor at the Stadttheater Aachen from 1921-1923.
Archive recordings with Herbert von Karajan, among others, whose career began in Aachen in the early 1930s, bear witness to this period.
Paul Esterhazy has been General Director of the Aachen Theater since the 2000/01 season.
Under his direction, Theater Aachen has made a name for itself as a venue for world premieres of musical theater.
The film shows the history of Theater Aachen in the old imperial metropolis.
The artistic directors Elmar Ottenthal and Paul Esterhazy and the director Uwe Dag Berlin talk about their work and impressions in Aachen.
The film also sheds light on the special relationship between the border city and its Dutch neighbors and their lively theater scene.
Interviews with a member of the European Parliament, the cathedral provost and a historian highlight Aachen's special significance as a European city.
