5 March 2024
1h 30′
Studio hall
A court hearing is in order in Huisum and it starts out a
little more difficult than usual. Adam, the local judge is covered in cuts and
bruises. According to him, he tripped and fell, resulting in severe injuries.
And to add insult to injury, the inspector, Walter is in town to supervise the court.
The judge starts conducting
a hearing that seems tedious at first under the inspector’s watchful eye.
The matter at hand is a broken jug, and they can’t find the culprit. As the
hearing progresses, the story unfolds and we discover that the matter of the
jug hides a much bigger issue at hand. Judge Adam can only count on Licht, the
clerk to close this case and to conduct the inspection as smoothly as possible.
Heinrich von Kleist writes a thrilling case in an honest manner,
with humor and talks about the nature of corruption in a very prevalent way
with a type of modernity that proceeded its time.
Adam, the judge
Walter, government inspector
Licht, the judge's secretary
Mrs Martha
Eve, Mrs Martha's daughter
Ruprecht
Mrs Brigitta
Slave
Maid
Set designer:
Golicza Előd
Costume designer:
Bajkó Blanka Alíz
Directed by: Botos Bálint