Die Tage, die ich mit Gott verbrachte. Von Axel Hacke
To call him a bestselling author would be a gross understatement. Although he is one of the best-known and most amusing German-speaking columnists, he has indeed reached millions of copies sold with books like "Der kleine Erziehungsberater," "Die Wumbaba-Trilogie," "Aua!" or the current "Über die Heiterkeit in schwierigen Zeiten und die Frage, wie wichtig uns der Ernst des Lebens sein sollte" – in truth, however, he is much more than just a successful author. Axel Hacke is a grandmaster of quiet observation.
He particularly dedicates himself to ordinary events that are hardly worth mentioning. Faithful to the guiding principle of the great journalist Egon Erwin Kisch, "Nothing is more exciting than the truth," he has the ability to perceive self-evident occurrences and to describe them for what they really are upon closer inspection: small sensations of everyday life. Thus, this – seemingly barely noteworthy – encounter with God also develops into an entertaining ride through all the possibilities and impossibilities of daily life. Here too. Delicately and powerfully, he recounts an everyday experience that could happen to any of us. We sit in the park, and suddenly God strolls by. He sits down beside us, and we start a conversation. We talk about this and that, about the weather, about raspberries, and about glass recycling containers, about God and the world, you know. The story could end here – if it weren't written by Axel Hacke. Because, as if by chance – and it’s no surprise with Hacke – a small office elephant, a smoking snake, people in drawers, an oversized wasp, a beautiful butterfly, just to name a few, appear. Thus, we learn rather casually what holds the world together at its core (“Das Große Egal”), that God enjoys drinking champagne, and that God's attempt to create a world consisting solely of twenty-three-year-old secretaries failed.
In the end, all important questions about the meaning, purpose, and entertainment value of our existence are largely answered. Except for one: Can a vegetarian feel sausage-y?
With Christoph Maasch and Hans Richter
Directed by: Rainer Ewerrien
Image: Michael Sowa (Cover design of the book published by Kunstmann)
Entrance at 7 PM
Hallo, ich bin Maya.
