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Der Turm

Heard
1954–1997
Episodes
2
Language
German

TITLE: Der Turm

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AUTHOR: Daniel Douglas Wissmann

DESCRIPTION: Max Babel ist Taxifahrer im Paris der Endzeit. Damit er gegenüber der harten Konkurrenz überhaupt noch eine Chance hat, bietet er seinen Kunden einen besonderen Service an: Er erzählt Geschichten. So zum Beispiel die des Mannes, der sich jeden Tag vom Eiffelturm stürzen will, dessen Vorhaben jedoch immer mißlingt, weil der Ticket-Schalter jedesmal schließt, bevor er an die Reihe kommt. Natürlich ist das die Geschichte von Max Babel selbst. Aber an diesem Abend scheint er einmal Glück zu haben: Sein letzter Fahrgast will ebenfalls zum Turm, und die Schlange der Wartenden ist gerade durch eine Bombenexplosion beträchtlich dezimiert worden . . . Eine Parabel aus einer alptraumhaften Welt, erzählt als groteske Geschichte eines seelischen Autisten, der seine letzte Chance erhält.

DIRECTOR: Klaus Mehrländer

PRODUCTION: WDR

YEAR: 1997

CATEGORY: audio drama

RECORDING DATE: 1997-06-24 (Radio Bremen II)

CAST: Peter Simonischek | Christian Brückner | Gereon Nußbaum | Klaus Herm | Maren Kroymann | Philipp Schepmann

PROVENANCE: digitized cassette tape, private archive of Winfried Noack

FORMAT: WAV 44.1 KHz 16 Bit PCM, stereo

LANGUAGE: German

COMMENTS: evtl fehlt das Ende

TAPE: C60/1566ab

Episodes, in broadcast order

  1. Daniel Douglas Wissmann 1997

    No date given · 40 min

  2. der turm 1954

    No date given · 1 h 27 min

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  1. Der Turm

    Hörspiele · Daniel Douglas Wissmann · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

  2. Der Turm

    Listeners' uploads · Hugo von Hofmannsthal · 1 episode here · archive.org (opens in a new tab)

    the Internet Archive states no licence or rights for it.

From the Internet Archive's German radio collections (Akustische Bibliothek, Radioaufnahmen).

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