In his 45th year as artistic director of Hamburg Ballet, John Numeier directs a modern adaptation of Tolstoy's masterpiece "Anna Karenina" in co-production with the Bolshoi Theatre and the National Ballet of Canada.
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Twin brothers Jimmy and Timmi were separated as children after a tragic accident, leading Jimmy into a life of crime as a contract killer while Timmi grew up in an orphanage as a forklift driver. Years later, Jimmy tries to leave his past behind by opening a brothel, the Fast Fack House, with a friend he met in prison. Their success threatens a powerful rival madam, Lydia Rosenthal, who sends her gang, the Bonebreakers, after them. In a case of mistaken identity, Timmi is kidnapped, forcing the estranged brothers to reunite and confront Lydia’s violent empire together.
“Hello, I'm Nills Jeschke, and I would like to talk about my story. It all started three long years ago, in the late summer, on a Friday lunch, when this strange woman moved into the house across my girlfriend Evelin, that has been vacant for years. I couldn’t have imagined this dark secret in my worst nightmare. Just like the mystical powers of the book that Evelyn stole from this woman. When my friends Nichi, Johnny, Ralf and I mis-use these powers one night, we ignited a catastrophe, from which there seemed to be no way out..."
