Producer

Leopold Hoesch

Direction

Andrzej Klamt

Producer

n/a

Genre

Culture

Transmitter

ZDFtheaterkanal / 3sat / ZDFdokukanal

Length

1 x 30'

Editor

Year

2006

Theater Landscapes special

Border triangle

On the edge of the legendary Giant Mountains, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic form a border triangle with an eventful history.
A small river, which long stood for separation and borders, now connects the regions.
Theater is performed across national borders and languages - a very special theater landscape in the easternmost tip of Germany.

The history of theater in the German-Polish-Czech triangle dates back to the middle of the 19th century.
century.
At that time, it was still dominated by German-language theater.
After the war and the new division of Central Europe, a new era began for this cultural region of Silesia, northern Bohemia and Lusatia.
The most important cities in the region, Reichenberg and Hirschberg, have now become Liberec and Jelenia Gora - and Görlitz, the once divided city, is now the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec.

The three municipal theaters practice a lively exchange and focus on cross-border culture and theater work.
In the rich and eventful history of this region, Czechs, Poles and Germans search for common ground and commonalities.

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