Christian Berkel reads in Melle
About the traces of a life and the question of who we really are
On June 14, the popular actor and author Christian Berkel will come to the theater in Melle for a reading followed by an autograph session.
Christian Berkel, born in West Berlin in 1957, is one of the best-known German actors. He has been involved in numerous European film productions and Hollywood blockbusters. Together with his wife, actress Andrea Sawatzki, he is heavily involved in social causes.
His debut novel "The Apple Tree" and the follow-up "Ada" were celebrated by critics and readers alike. His third autobiographical novel "Sputnik" will now follow in May. In it, he once again retraces his life, but even more than a look back, this story is a journey out of it into a frighteningly changed present, in which we will never understand who we are without the past.
On October 4, 1957, the first satellites reach Earth orbit. Shortly afterwards, Sputnik sees the light of day in West Berlin. He grew up between the stories of Sala, his beloved mother, who countered reality with her own images, and his father Otto's books. From an early age, the world becomes a stage for him, everyone seems to play a role, and how else could one understand life? As a teenager, he escaped to Paris: to the world of literature and to Annie, who taught him about desire, love and jealousy. And his return to Germany: right into the heart of the up-and-coming theater world of the 1970s. A wild time of experimentation begins, until Sputnik begins to suspect who he is, or at least who he could be.
Tickets at a price of €25.00 from the organizer Christiane Hüsing on 0176/56307969, via www.charakter-events.de, at the Sutmöller bookshop in Melle and via Eventim.de (plus fees).
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