Wednesday, 12/4/2024
at 10:00 AM


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Flowing dresses, flowing cloths, velvet and silk – the emperor loves to dress in the most magnificent fabrics and showcase his wealth to the world. It is indeed no wonder that two swindlers take advantage of this passion. Unabashed, they come to the city, pose as tailors and weavers, and promise the emperor the most extraordinary clothes he has ever seen.
Not only are the colors and fabrics extraordinarily beautiful, but the clothes also possess the wonderful property of being invisible to anyone who is unfit for their position or hopelessly stupid. Spurred on by the fixed idea of wanting to not only obtain a new garment but also put the entire court to the test, the emperor provides the two swindlers with the most expensive fabrics and threads. And so they sit for weeks in front of the empty loom, feigning busyness and feeling safe – for no one from the entire court wants to expose their own incompetence.
Unhindered, the emperor finally parades before his people in his nonexistent garment during a procession. Only the voice of a child reveals the obvious. When he shouts out loud, “But he has nothing on!”, the entire laughing crowd joins in the exclamation.
Hans Christian Andersen's fable from 1837 tells how easily the powerful can become corrupt out of fear of losing power and that it always takes brave souls who dare to speak the undeniable.

Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen
Directed by: Steffen Pietsch

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