On the Waters of Life - Gustaf Gründgens and Marianne Hoppe

Breathtakingly gripping—German history as theater history. Carola Stern tells the story of the rising stars, the privileged few in the Nazi state—including Gründgens and Hoppe—and of the fates of their colleagues who fled or were murdered. The two stars of German theater move between two stages, two worlds. Gründgens builds a career as Göring’s favorite; he contributes to the prestige of Hitler’s regime yet refuses to abandon colleagues in danger. Marianne Hoppe rises to become a UFA star. In her films, she embodies Hitler’s vision of the German woman, yet she hides her persecuted Jewish friend Carl Dreyfuss in her apartment. Knowledgeable, artful, and extremely vivid, Carola Stern tells the highly dramatic life story of two brilliant actors in a magnificent biography. Read by Dr. Ute van der Maer, a German studies scholar from Bansin. (Tickets available at tourist information offices and at www.kaiserbaeder-auf-usedom.de – Admission: €7.00)