Linie 1

Line 1 is a musical that was premiered by Berlin's Grips -Theater on April 30, 1986. The music by Birger Heymann with the rock band No ticket, the texts authored his friend Volker Ludwig, directed by Wolfgang Kolneder. 1988 was very successful filmed by Reinhard Hauff as a musical film.

Action

Line 1 is set in the scenery of the Berlin U -Bahn line 1 line was then the western part of the city between the Ruhleben stations and Silesian Gate (Kreuzberg ) over the Zoo station and crossed it several districts with entirely different social structure. A girl from the countryside coming to Berlin, looking for her supposed friend and learns when riding the subway to know different characters from the Berlin milieu.

History

Line 1 was initially disregarded by all the major theaters in Germany. Nationwide became known line 1 in that several songs were performed in the television satire show wipers. Only with the theater weeks in Stuttgart, where the musical was the only German contribution, the popularity grew. 1987 Volker Ludwig was awarded for line 1 with the Mülheim Dramatist Prize. From then on, the Stuttgart State Theatre led to the piece and achieved a great success. More stages followed. After the Grips Theater in Amsterdam, Dublin, Calcutta, London, Paris, New York City, Omsk, Seoul, Vilnius and Vienna had completed guest performances, now also took other theaters, including in Cologne, Mannheim, Stuttgart, Vienna and New York, the musical into their programs. In India, it is quite common.

The play was the biggest success of the Grips- Theater in Berlin. Because of the technically quite complex and expensive show ticket sales, however, did not cover the costs. After Volker Ludwig mentioned in a talk show, that the house had to close when from the political side would not support, the authorities increased the basic subsidy.

In the illustrated from 1988 Nuremberg performance of Line 1 of the British rock musician Kevin Coyne has taken the last part of the piece musically. From the autumn of 2006 was a new production directed by Jürgen Morche, the musical direction of Stephen Hake angle and choreography by Angela Hercules Joseph on tour.

The piece was the most played German theater of his time. After The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht, it is the most successful German musical world. Line 1 has also been very successful run in other countries. 2008, it was listed in the Berlin 1.300ste time.

Occupation

Premiere in 1986

  • Dieter Landuris: Bambi, Bound, widow Kriemhild among others
  • Janette Rauch: Girls
  • Else Nabu: Lady, a Social Democrat, relationship partner, inter alia,
  • Petra Zieser: Lumpy, Bisi, Chantal, singer, including
  • Christian Veit: Schlucki, Tangled, widow Martha, including
  • Claus -Peter Damitz: Mondo, widow Lotti, Johnnie, including
  • Dietrich Lehmann: Hermann, widow Agathe, Relationship Partners inter alia,
  • Christiane Reiff: Lola, old woman, meatballs - Trude, employees, including
  • Thomas Ahrens: Erich, paste, controller, singer, among others Leichi
  • Folkert Milsap: boy in coat, skin, Speaker Zielinski, inter alia,
  • Ilona Schulz: Mary, Risi, tourist guide, inter alia,

Playing time 2012/2013

  • Sebastian Achilles: Bambi, Bound, widow Kriemhild among others
  • Jennifer Breitrück: Girls
  • Ester Daniel: Lady, a Social Democrat, relationship partner, among others
  • Ariane Fischer: Lumpy, Bisi, Chantal, singer, including
  • Christian Giese: Schlucki, Tangled, widow Martha, including
  • Paul Jumin Hoffmann: Mondo, widow Lotti, Johnnie, including
  • Dietrich Lehmann: Hermann, widow Agathe, Relationship Partners inter alia,
  • Laura Leyh: Lola, old woman, meatballs - Trude, employees, including
  • Jens Mondalski: Erich, paste, controller, singer, among others Leichi
  • Robert Neumann: boy in coat, skin, Speaker Zielinski, inter alia,
  • Nina Reith Meier: Mary, Risi, tourist guide, inter alia,

Title list

(* These songs are not included in the filming. ' In the film version, these songs have been edited )

Band

The music is played by the band "No Ticket ":

  • Matthias Witting (keyboards)
  • Axel Kottmann ( bass)
  • George Kranz (drums)
  • Thomas Keller (saxophone)
  • Michael Brandt ( guitar)

Find out more

  • Mary's Song ( You're beautiful even when you cry ) was covered by the Beatsteaks and first published in 2002, on the living room an EP entitled Hey You. It was also the B-side to Hand In Hand. 2008 Hey You was released as a single from the live album sledgehammer to crack and the accompanying video was nominated in the category Best Video National for the Echo 2009. The Berlin rapper Sido published on October 16, 2009 to be a single titled Hey you! That includes the first verse of Mary's song as a hook. Sido presented the title in the context of his appearance on MTV Unplugged, for which he was singing the hook from the Berlin Comedian Kurt Kroemer.

Publications

  • LINE 1 on Polydor LP 831219-1
  • MC 831219-4
  • CD 831219-2
  • Movie Soundtrack LP 835391-1
  • MC 835391-4
  • CD 835391-2
  • VHS video Playing Time: 90 min
  • Studio: Marketing Film
  • DVD available since October 24, 2008
  • Length: 95 min
  • Studio: Cinema World Home Entertainment
  • DVD of the stage version only directly available from the GRIPS Theater
  • Duration: 175 min

Film

  • Jobst Knigge: Theaterlandschaften: GRIPS Theater Berlin presented by Esther pig. D, 2008, 45 min (For the history of reception in Germany and internationally and on the stage )
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