Film

Xerxes - Berlin

2019

On his military campaign abroad, an eccentric king is more concerned with conquering women than land. He always gets his way, until one day he falls for his brother’s secret lover. Xerxes’ tactics, which he changes as often as his opulent costumes, allow his opponents little time to rest. This results in a ‘baroque Muppet Show,’ as the celebrated Norwegian director Stefan Herheim describes his spectacular stage production. After a bewildering series of games of love and intrigue, Handel’s opera ends with the insight that life is a theatre in which one cannot always choose one’s own role.

Valer Barna-Sabadus

Terry Wey

Katarina Bradic

Torben Jürgens

Heidi Elisabeth Meier

Anke Krabbe

Hagen Matzeit

• Stefan HerheimDirector

Release date

February 1, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

English