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The Court Jesters [ליצני החצר]
Author(s): Uri Nitzan
Four Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz are chosen by the camp commandant to be his personal clowns. An astrologer, a midget, a juggler and a court judge are the four "lucky" clowns. During the day they work like all the other prisoners, and at night they perform for the SS officers for small pieces of bread. They all survive, and the play follows them later in life in Jerusalem and Argentina, where one of them is taking revenge.
Format: Drama
Cast Size:6M/1F
Snapshot
Original Source Material: Based on Avigdor Dagan's novel The Court Jesters, 1984.
Nationality of Author: Israeli
Original Language: Hebrew
Experience(s) Chronicled: Concentration and Extermination Camps | Survivors and Subsequent Generations | Theater During Holocaust | Nazi War Crimes and Judgement
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