LEGENDE

Theatre

17.08.-23.08.2024

Kraftzentrale, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord

By Kirill Serebrennikov, based on motifs from Sergey Paradjanov

LEGENDE presents the world of the famous, in the West largely unknown filmmaker Sergei Parajanov. The dazzling multiplicity and surreal creativity of his films are an inspiration, most recently for superstar Lady Gaga. LEGENDE does not present the biopic of an important artist. Instead, Serebrennikov features Parajanov with poetic wit as the allegory of an artist, a poet, a wanderer, a fighter and a rebel. In ten legends, the kaleidoscope of his life between passion, eccentricity, beauty and oppression emerges, embedded in an infinitely rich cosmos of cultures.

2024 is the centenary of Sergei Parajanov. Born 1924 in Tbilisi, he grew up in the Soviet Union, where he became a film director, taking a stand in his life and his art against nomenclature and repression. As a result, he spent time in prison and hard labor camps and was banned from making films. A wide array of artists, including Tarkowski, Fellini, Antonioni, Godard, Kurosawa, Louis Aragon, Elsa Triolet, Françoise Sagan and Yves Saint Laurent, admired his surreally poetic works and called for his release from prison, in most cases to no avail. Parajanov died in 1990 in Armenia, just months before Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Ukraine gained their independence and the Soviet Union collapsed.

Co-produced by Ruhrtriennale, Thalia Theater and Kirill & Friends Company.

„I will take revenge on the world with love.“

Sergey Paradjanov

Cast

Direction, Set Design, Costume Design
- Kirill Serebrennikov
Composition and Musical Direction
- Daniil Orlov
Choreography
- Ivan Estegneev ,
- Evgeny Kulagin
Choir director
- Simon Jangulashvili
Lighting Design
- Sergei Kuchar
Sound Design
- Sven Baumelt
Soundscapes
- Rustem Imamiev
Video Editing and Compositing
- Ilya Shagalov
Dramaturgy (German)
- Joachim Lux
Dramaturgy (Russian)
- Anna Shalashova
Artistic Production Manager Kirill & Friends Company
- Alina Aleshchenko
Associate Set Design
- Elena Bulochnikova
Associate Costume Design
- Clara Rosina Straßer
Costume and stage assistance
- Elizaweta Veprinskaja
With
- Odin Lund Biron ,
- Campbell Caspary ,
- Pascal Houdus ,
- Felix Knopp ,
- Nikita Kukushkin ,
- Svetlana Mamresheva ,
- Karin Neuhäuser ,
- Daniil Orlov ,
- Falk Rockstroh ,
- Gurgen Tsaturyan ,
- Tilo Werner
and as a special guest at Ruhrtriennale
- Georgian State Chamber Choir (Trinity Cathedral Choir)

Visit

Language

German with English surtitles
Supporters

Funded by the Kulturstiftung des Bundes (German Federal Cultural Foundation). Funded by the Beauftragte der Bundesregierung für Kultur und Medien (Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media).
Run time

approx. 4 h min with intermission