The Talented Mr. Ripley
»The Talented Mr. Ripley« by Patricia Highsmith is a classic psychological thriller. The complex main character plays a clever game with identity and morality.
Tom Ripley is employed by a rich New Yorker, Greenleaf, to convince his son Richard to return to the USA. He travels to Italy, where Richard and his girlfriend are enjoying the careless dolce vita that Tom has always dreamt of. Having been paid handsomely, Tom conceals that Richard does not want to return. When Greenleaf ends the commission and Tom loses his financial backing, he kills Richard and adopts his identity. How long before his dangerous game is up?
Info
in German without surtitles
in German
- Location
- Zwinger, Bühne 1
- Duration
- 1 hr. 30 mins. (no intermission)
- First night
- 29 November 2024
- REVIVAL 16 October 2026
- Age recommendation
- 14+
In the production, two murders are depicted on a visual level. A dead man appears. Artificial blood can be seen in one scene. The topic of suicide is dealt with on a textual level.
»If you go in, so will I. Okay?«
Cast
Team
The production of the decorative parts is carried out in the workshops of the Theater & Orchester Heidelberg.
Cast
Trailer by Siegersbuschfilm
»Werktreue und klare Personenführung in einem kammerspielartigen Setting.«
»Kuntze zeigt Ripley als facettenreichen Charakter: charmant und manipulativ, zerrissen und eiskalt. Seine nuancierte Darstellung macht die psychologische Tiefe der Figur greifbar und zieht das Publikum in seinen Bann […]. Regisseurin Corinna Reichle […] erschafft eine packende Adaption, die Highsmiths Werk alle Ehre macht.«