A biblical drama in four acts. Set in a synagogue where Jews hide all night as a pogrom rages outside, the story combines Biblical and pre-World War II Jewish history. The rabbi reads from the Torah, leading, in each act, to the exploration and re-enactment of a different Biblical theme. At the conclusion, the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem and the deportation of those hiding become one, while the despair of a scattered people is balanced by a messianic voice that speaks of hope for deliverance of the Jews in Zion.
as Chorus
as Chorus
as Chorus
as The Rabbi
as The Narrator
as The Head
as The Narrator
as Der Rabbi
as Der Vorsteher
as Der Widersprecher
as Der Entfremdete
as Der Dreizehnjährige
as Der Ängsliche
as Der Reiche
as Der junge Mann (Boas)
as Das fremde Mädchen (Ruth)
as Der Wächter
as Der Fanatiker
as Der Offizier
as Diener
as Diner
as Jude
as Frau
as Jude
as Frau
as Die Stimme / Joseph
as Abraham
as Sara
as Isaak / Benjamin
as Der 1. weißse Engel
as Der 1. dunkle Engel
as Der 2. dunkle Engel / Todesengel
as Eliezer
as Der Vorsteher / Jacob
as Rahel
as Mose
as Mirjam
as Ein Hebraer
as Der Offizier / Fronvogt
as Der Ängsliche / Aaron
as Der Reiche / Die Stimme Pharaos
as Joshua / Chorus
as Mirjam / Die Seele Moses
as Sara / Noemi, Weib von Endor
as Abraham / Samuel
as Der 2. dunkle Engel / Todesengel / Saul
as Der 1. weißse Engel / David
as Bathseba
as Der 1. dunkle Engel / Salomo
as Die Stimme Goliaths
as Der Wächter / Ein Krieger
as Rahel / Eine Mädchenstimme
as Jude / Der Schreiber Davids
as Der Vorsteher / Jacob / Jesajah
as Jeremiah
as Der Ängsliche / Aaron / Zedekiah
as Der Reiche / Die Stimme Pharaos / Chananjah
as Der Wächter / Ein Krieger / Pashut
as Joshua / Götzenverkäufer / Chorus
