DRAMATISED READING FROM THE BOOK "OUT OF ST. KATHREIN" BY ARNOLD UNGER

A BOOK PRESENTATION with a difference OUT OF ST. KATHREIN racy african cocktails served ice-cold and piping hot in the engine shed of the 120-year-old achensee steam cog railway by the actors SUSANNE SCHARTNER / FLORIAN ADAMSKI, the drummer DEMBA DIATTA from senegal with african images and music director: SUSANNE SCHARTNER co-director: ARNOLD UNGER technical: KURT SCHARTNER + BERNHARD MARCHI

"It is the will of the people that there shall be no equality between coloured and white, neither in church nor in state. The only tolerated relationship between white and black is that between master and servant ... "

While racist ideology holds everyday life in South Africa in a stranglehold, the young Styrian indulges in racy excesses and comes into conflict with the "Immorality Act". He turns restlessness and breathlessness into images and scenes with a heartbeat all of their own, sometimes letting the boundaries between life and death blur into one another.

It is about personal suffering, happiness, seduction and love, about racism, genocide and exploitation. A gripping autobiographical account that recounts incredible experiences, all based on fact, with "black" humour.

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TIROLER TAGESZEITUNG (22 Oct. 2009)

NEW BOOK PRESENTED
The setting was unique – and almost 120 years old. A very special book presentation recently took place in the middle of the Achensee railway's engine shed. Wiesing author Arnold UNGER impressively presented his latest work "Out of St. Kathrein" to around 200 visitors. The actors Susanne SCHARTNER and Florian AEDAMSKI presented several passages from the book, which brings together autobiographical accounts.