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Roland Reber's Cabaret of Death

"What is life? Is it the yearning of a lover, the fear of growing old, the rebellious struggle for a dignified death or the hunt for the most clicks? Is it maybe just a show?"

ROLAND REBER’S CABARET OF DEATH paints a multi-layered picture of existence and puts the taboo subject of death back in line into the circle of life. In various storylines a ruined relationship crosses paths with an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show featuring candidates who are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape ageing despite her self-optimization and the one with the mask who craves to be famous at all costs. And between all this, a corpse driver rolls his “clients” through a long corridor and shares his very personal and unaffected thoughts about life and dea

Top Cast

  • Waltraut Borchmann

    Waltraut Borchmann

    Lola

  • Christian Buse

    Christian Buse

    Frank

  • Marina Anna Eich

    Marina Anna Eich

    Billie

  • Mira Gittner

    Mira Gittner

    Mensch mit Maske

  • Antje Mönning

    Antje Mönning

    Patsy

  • Claire Plaut

    Claire Plaut

    Monique

  • Wolfram Kunkel

    Wolfram Kunkel

    Herr Naumann

  • Ricci Hohlt

    Ricci Hohlt

    Hilde

  • Ute Meisenheimer

    Ute Meisenheimer

    Ute

Overview

ROLAND REBER’S CABARET OF DEATH paints a multi-layered picture of existence and puts the taboo subject of death back in line into the circle of life. In various storylines a ruined relationship crosses paths with an old man begging for euthanasia, a live show featuring candidates who are mercilessly sacrificed to the audience, a dancer who cannot escape ageing despite her self-optimization and the one with the mask who craves to be famous at all costs. And between all this, a corpse driver rolls his “clients” through a long corridor and shares his very personal and unaffected thoughts about life and dea

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