Frau Schindler

Krakow at the beginning of the 1940s: The terror of National Socialism has gripped all areas of public life in Poland and the effects of »Total War« have not spared even the most intimate areas of civilian life. Domestic happiness and civic values have become a fond pipe dream in many places. This is the setting that provides the basis for the story of an ordinary couple who find themselves in extraordinary times in a similarly extraordinary situation and who in this way show how two people can perceive and experience things from very different points of view under the same circumstances – a very personal journey that tells of the survival of a woman during one of the darkest chapters in human history.

After the overwhelming success of Steven Spielberg's film »Schindler's List« in 1993, Emilie Schindler, the wife of the German industrialist Oskar Schindler, who saved the lives of around 1,300 Jews in the Second World War by employing them in his armaments factories, was initially completely overshadowed by her husband and her contribution to Schindler's activities was unappreciated for a long time. And yet her view of the story is no less fascinating and of equal importance historically.

Composer Thomas Morse about his experiences leading to the world premiere of FRAU SCHINDLER: BLOG