The Making of Berlin

The Making of Berlin
The Making of Berlin
Yves Degryse & BERLIN

The Making of Berlin

06.01.26 — 07.01.26

A portrait of a city and a theatre company at once. Based on the extraordinary story of a Berliner who chose the wrong side of history during WWII.

At the end of WWII, the orchestra director of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Friedrich Mohr, decides to perform Wagner's Götterdämmerung one last time. But rehearsing with the entire orchestra in the same location, soon proved too dangerous. Also, technology faltered.

Eighty years later, it remains Mohr's ultimate wish to perform the technical masterpiece as initially planned, plerformed in seven separate bunkers and broadcasted live on radio. A dream that theatre company BERLIN will now fulfill. But gradually, both spectators and makers discover that Mohr's story is full of inaccuracies.

How far can you stretch the truth when you’re looking for atonement?

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Practical info

Duration

110 minutes

Tickets
15-28 euros
Dutch, English, GermanLanguage level:
Language
Dutch, English, GermanLanguage level:
English
Subtitles
English
Good to know

Tickets on sale via Opera Ballet Vlaanderen from June 6

Dates

Tue 06.01.26 — 20u00

20u00

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (Ghent)
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Wed 07.01.26 — 20u00

20u00

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (Ghent)
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They saw the play and said:

  • A brilliant theatre film that overwhelms from start to finish

    , De Standaard (BE)

  • The man, the dream, the death - that's it, nothing more, but it's all-encompassing

    , Volkskrant

Credits

Direction

Yves Degryse

With (on stage)

Yves Degryse / Fien Leysen / Sam Loncke (alternating), Geert De Vleesschauwer / Marjolein Demey / Koen Goossens / Bregt Janssens (alternating)

Horn (live)

Rozanne Descheemaeker / Matea Majic, Diechje Minne / Jonathan van der Beek

With (on film)

Friedrich Mohr, Martin Wuttke, Stefan Lennert, Werner Buchholz, Alisa Tomina, Krijn Thijs, Chantal Pattyn, Symphonic Orchestra Opera Ballet Vlaanderen, Alejo Pérez, Caroline Große, Michael Becker, Claire Hoofwijk, Alejandro Urrutia, Marek Burák, Marvyn Pettina, Farnaz Emamverdi, team BERLIN: Jane Seynaeve, Eveline Martens, Yves Degryse, Jessica Ridderhof, Geert De Vleesschauwer, Sam Loncke, Manu Siebens, Kurt Lannoye, team Opera Ballet Vlaanderen: Jan Vandenhouwe, Lise Thomas, Eva Knapen, Christophe De Tremerie

Video & Editing

Geert De Vleesschauwer, Fien Leysen, Yves Degryse

Internship video editing

Maria Feenstra

Scenography

Manu Siebens

Music composition & End mixing

Peter Van Laerhoven

Music (film)

Peter Van Laerhoven, Tim Coenen, Symphonic Orchestra Opera Ballet Vlaanderen conducted by Alejo Pérez

Mixing orchestra

Maarten Buyl

Sound design

Arnold Bastiaanse

Set building

Manu Siebens, Ina Peeters, Rex Tee, Joris Festjens

Decorontwerp en -bouw film

Jessica Ridderhof, Klaartje Vermeulen, Ruth Lodder, Ina Peeters

Production

BERLIN

Coproduction

DE SINGEL (Antwerp, BE), le CENTQUATRE-PARIS (FR), Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (BE), VIERNULVIER (Ghent, BE), C-TAKT (Limburg, BE), Theaterfestival Boulevard (Den Bosch, NL), Berliner Festspiele (DE)

With the support of

The Flemish Government, Sabam for Culture, Tax Shelter of the Belgian federal government via Flanders Tax Shelter

Dates

Tue 06.01.26 — 20u00

20u00

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (Ghent)
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Wed 07.01.26 — 20u00

20u00

Opera Ballet Vlaanderen (Ghent)
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