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A house like a million others. Several families live in the same place - rich, poor and also those who are on the border of the poverty line. They do not want a lot from life. They do not need millions to be happy, a functioning family, a good marriage and children are adequate. Unfortunately, they do not have even that. Mrs John – a thirty-something – is the heart of the house. Her husband travels for work and she spends most of the year in upsetting solitude. She yearns for children. The years fly by and it seems that she will have no one to live for, nobody to love, nobody to fear for and sacrifice herself for. Suddenly however, the fate shows its friendlier face – she can adopt the child of a young woman whose child is nothing more than a burden. Mrs John has somebody o live for at last, someone to sacrifice herself for and somebody for whom she can plan a future. Her happiness however doesn’t last long… After a few days, the child’s mother announces that she wants the child back. The fight for happiness commences. Nobel Literature Prize winner Gerhart Hauptmann wrote a cruel and moving story of ordinary people. Directed by Roman Polak, this play is also deep in the thoughts of motherhood and strong social drama. The residents of the apartment building are marginalised people, their relationships and their lives are subject to moral, social and economic decay. From this ferment - which bears the rotting remnants of the old life - pure extremism is distilled, which eventually results in everyone being swept away.
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