Tuesday, 12/10/2024
at 6:00 PM


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Jerusalem is fiercely contested: Christians, Jews, and Muslims claim the city for themselves. One night, the young crusader Kurt wanders aimlessly when he suddenly discovers a burning house. Brave, he rushes into the flames and rescues Recha, the daughter of the Jew Nathan, from the fire. A tender love develops between the two, as Recha manages to dispel Kurt's prejudices and open up to him. However, their love is not under a good star in this city ravaged by violence. The bishop tries to persuade Kurt to kill the sultan; in turn, the sultan prepares for battle against the bishop and seeks Nathan's financial support for this. When Kurt learns that Recha is not Nathan's biological daughter, but possibly a Christian child, he confides in the bishop – with almost catastrophic consequences. In the cheeky adaptation of Lessing's famous classic, Ulrich Hub places Recha and Kurt at the center of the young generation's struggle for tolerance and peace. The award-winning author received the "Mülheimer Kinder StückePreis 2010" for "Nathans Kinder."

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