
The Passenger
Music · Drama
Overview
Mieczyslaw Weinberg's powerful Holocaust drama Die Passagierin channels his and his family's ordeals of wartime and Soviet persecution, applying them musically to Zofia Posmysz's autobiographical novel.
Top Cast
Dshamilja Kaiser
Dshamilja Kaiser
Lisa
Dshamilja Kaiser
Lisa


Will Hartmann
Will Hartmann
Walter
Will Hartmann
Walter
Nadja Stefanoff
Nadja Stefanoff
Marta
Nadja Stefanoff
Marta
Markus Butter
Markus Butter
Tadeusz
Markus Butter
Tadeusz
Tetiana Miyus
Tetiana Miyus
Katja
Tetiana Miyus
Katja
Antonia Stancu
Antonia Stancu
Krystina
Antonia Stancu
Krystina
Anna Brull
Anna Brull
Vlasta
Anna Brull
Vlasta
Mareike Jankowski
Mareike Jankowski
Hannah
Mareike Jankowski
Hannah
Siegelinde Feldhofer
Siegelinde Feldhofer
Yvette
Siegelinde Feldhofer
Yvette
Joanna Motulewicz
Joanna Motulewicz
Bronka
Joanna Motulewicz
Bronka
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