The Expulsion of Gerta Schnirch 🕊️ English friendly
Schedule
Mon, 01 Dec, 2025 at 07:30 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Alfa pasáž, Poštovská 8d, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic | Brno, JM
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🕊️ December 1, 2025 from 7.30 PM with English subtitles🕊️ English friendly show introduction from 7 PM (free entry)
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“We’ve closed that chapter. History is done with it, so why on earth go back to it?”
This story is about human destiny broken by history, about the guilt of Czechs and Germans, about whether it is possible to forgive and understand. The play is a dramatisation of the successful novel by contemporary Czech novelist Kateřina Tučková, based on historical events that are inextricably linked to the past of the city of Brno. In particular, it depicts the ‘Brno Death March’ and the fate of one of its victims, Gerta Schnirch, from a German-Czech family.
The production contributes to the discussion on the hitherto insufficiently addressed topic of the expulsion of Czech Germans. The fate of Gerta Schnirch is illustrative of events of the second half the 20th century from the perspective of a person who, due to historical events and political decisions, lost citizenship status of the country of their birth, but stayed and died without being able to forgive.
The production won the 2015 Divadelní noviny Award in the theatre drama category. Sara Venclovská was also nominated for the 2015 Divadelní noviny Award for her performance in the role.
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Premiere: October 28, 2014
Ticket prices: CZK 520/340
Length: 170 min. with an intermission
Authors: Kateřina Tučková and Marián Amsler
Director: Marián Amsler
Dramaturgy: Marie Špalová
Music: Ivan Acher
Cast
Gerta Schnirch: Sara Venclovská
Barbora Schnirchová, mother / Theresa Bauer, friend: Gabriela Štefanová (guest)
Friedrich Schnirch, father / Mr. Novák, spy: Jan Lepšík (guest)
Fridríšek, brother / Schmidt, commissioner: Jáchym Sůra
Barbora, daughter: Marie Ludvíková
Karel Němec: Jan Grundman (guest) / Jiří Svoboda (guest)
Caretaker / Pešek, comrade: Cyril Drozda / Miloslav Maršálek
Anna Marie Judexová / Ida Zipfelová: Magdalena Kuntová
Hermína Herzigová / Janinka Hornová: Kamila Valůšková (guest)
Hubert Šenk / Oscar Judex / Rudolf Spacier / Eduard Beneš / Jára: Jiří Miroslav Valůšek
Zipfelová, widow: Simona Peková
Neighbour, Greek: Miroslav Kumhala (guest)
Neighbour, Greek: Kateřina Kumhalová (guest)
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Alfa pasáž, Poštovská 8d, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic, Poštovská 455/8, 602 00 Brno, Česko, Brno, Czech RepublicEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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