Loriot: Scenes from a Marriage

Loriot: Scenes from a Marriage with Senta Berger and Friedrich von Thun "Men and women simply do not go together..." - and yet they have to get along with each other every day. When the breakfast egg has been boiled too long in the morning and in the evening opinions about how to spend the after-work hours diverge, things become critical. This is precisely what Loriot captured in his legendary Scenes from a Marriage, published in 1983. His sensitivity to interpersonal relationships and the comedy of everyday communication reveal Loriot as a keen observer of all-too-human comedies. As a tribute to the comedic master, two stage and film greats, Senta Berger and Friedrich von Thun, come together to breathe life and laughter into these scenes. Together and against each other, they grapple with the stumbling blocks that everyday life throws in their way, and of course with the insurmountable pitfalls of a couple's relationship. Because as Loriot once said, "A happy marriage is one in which she is a little blind and he is a little deaf." Accordion: Maria Reiter