Rudolf Hess’s Ten Commandments
Alina Nelega
”Harsányi Attila understands Hess’s character perfectly. It is interesting that Hell, who is actually giving a confession before committing suicide, this old man stating his own Decalogue, is played by a young man wearing no mask. It doesn’t overly caricature, it’s convincing, just following the writer’s and director’s intentions. Hess played by Harsányi Attila is not a madman, he is just possessed, and his multiple personality is perceived by listening to his perfect hitler-esque discourse.This brilliant production is obviously the success of the director, too: visual effects, the actor’s movement and position, minimal set design – they all seem to be in place; the text is not simple at all, but motifs glue the audience to their seats. This performance is the first independent production, so I can only congratulate the Studio Theatre and wish them as many such performances as possible in the future, for the greater good of the audience.”
Jámbor Gyula, Nyugati Jelen
The “electroshock” effect of this text resides precisely in the way in which dramaturge Alina Nelega is dissociated from her character, Hess, thus managing to erase the reasons and justifications for the doctrine, which is denied justification by the whole world, from the mind of the historical figure, presented by herself. After all, the symbol of Nazism itself, a swastika, is a symbol for happy life, a primary meaning in which Hess believes with his entire being. Or… does he, before his final parting, try to convince himself that he truly has no regrets? That, indeed, everything that happened, was good? Is this the source of his despair?
We still have to discover this!
Translation: Anamaria Pop
Cast:
Rudolf Hess: Harsányi Attila