Baumeister Solness

If you climb, you risk falling. For master builder Solness, this is doubly true. He had started out as a clerk in an architect's office, but soon got his own commissions and pushed his boss more and more to the side. Marrying a wealthy woman and her stately possessions came in handy for him. When the house he inherited fell victim to a fire, he subdivided the site and placed single-family homes on it. His boss became his employee, as did his son, and finally he made his fiancee his accountant. She adores him, which he only uses to keep the family dependent. Solness is considered a happy person. But he is driven by fear and feelings of guilt.

• Thomas OstermeierDirector
• Henrik IbsenWriter
• Hinrich Schmidt-HenkelWriter

• Gert VossBaumeister Halvard Solness
• Dorothee HartingerHilde Wangel
• Urs HeftiDoktor Herdal
• Markus GertkenRagnar Brovik
• Kirsten DeneAline Solness
• Sabine HauptKaja Fosli
• Branko SamarovskiKnut Brovik