A World Divided: 1939-1962

The six-part documentary drama series tells the real fates and life stories of Wernher von Braun, Hedwig Höß, Nikita Khrushchev, Joan Hinton, Golda Meir and Frantz Fanon. Ludwig Blochberger plays Rudolf Höß.

New Dates: The Book of Those Killed by Neil Young

On September 13th, Ludwig Blochberger will start his autumn tour with a concert reading of Navid Kermani's "The Book of Those Killed by Neil Young". Tickets are available via the respective link.

SEP 13  –  Bad Saarow, Film ohne Grenzen
OCT 02 - Berlin, Renaissance Theater
OCT 11  –  Lubmin, Seebadzentrum
OCT 17  –  Stuttgart, Theaterhaus
NOV 12  –  Munich, Gasteig HP8
NOV 22  –  Dresden, Theaterkahn
JAN 03  –  Cologne, Theater der Keller
MAR 26  –  Hamburg, Theaterschiff

European Culture Award 2024

On June 7th, I had the honorable task of presenting the European Culture Prize to the Vienna Boys' Choir and the Vienna Choristers as a laudator. The award ceremony took place as part of a festive gala in the Philharmonie Luxembourg. The award is considered one of the most important in Europe: In addition to the Vienna Boys' Choir and the Vienna Choristers, the following people were honored: Her Majesty the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, the conductor Alondra de la Parra, star tenor Rolando Villazon, Fatma Said, Ronan Keating, Frank Elstner and Jean-Claude Juncker, as well as the Luxembourg Philharmonic Orchestra.

Filming: Kabul

Since April 1, 2024, a new international production by the European Alliance has been being produced in Athens and the surrounding area in co-production with New8: The drama series with the working title “Kabul” puts the events surrounding the arrival of the Taliban on August 14, 2021 at the center of the plot: While the Taliban are at the gates of the city, France is preparing to evacuate its embassy. But the sudden fall of Kabul the next day thwarts all plans. French, Italian, German and American diplomats and police have to improvise the evacuation of hundreds of Afghan and international refugees to the airport. Directors Olga Chajdas and Kasia Adamik direct the six episodes of the series based on scripts by authors Olivier De Mangel and Thomas Finkielkraut. The international cast includes Jonathan Zaccaï, Thibault Evrard, Olivier Rabourdin, Eric Dane, Jeanne Goursaud, Ludwig Blochberger, Leonard Scheicher, Gianmarco Saurino, Valentina Cervi, Vassilis Koukalani, Shervin Alenabi and David Rott.