Movies: Michael König

  • 2010
    Hunter's Bride

    Hunter's Bride (2010)

    Hunter's Bride

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    Inspired by Carl Maria von Weber's Der Freischütz, the film opera Hunter's Bride traces the romantic rivalry between two veterans of the Napoleonic Wars who each vie for the heart of the same woman....

    Hunter's Bride
  • 1998
    Widows

    Widows (1998)

    Widows

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    A black comedy about the dream of freedom and the difficulty of obtaining this: While Molly (Eva Mattes), Elisabeth (Katja Flint) and Maria (Ornella Muti) are great friends, but at the same time completely different. Molly is a difficult stressed hou...

    Widows
  • 2011
    The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

    The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2011)

    The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

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    A hard-hitting new production of Kurt Weill’s Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny by the Catalan collective La Fura dels Baus at the Teatro Real de Madrid. Composed in the 1930s by Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht, this is a mordant satire on capita...

    The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
  • 2015
    Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling

    Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling (2015)

    Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling

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    The life and struggles of Ferdinand Maximilian Joseph Maria of Habsburg-Lorraine (1832-1867), emperor of the Second Mexican Empire as Maximilian I of Mexico from 1864 to 1867 (under the wing of Emperor Napoleon III and the French Empire), his tragic ...

    Maximilian of Mexico: The Dream of Ruling
  • 2015
    Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz

    Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz (2015)

    Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz

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    Carl Maria von Webers dark Romantic era tale of love, faith, and temptation is grippingly performed by the Dresden Staatskapelle led by conductor, Christian Thielemann in this live performance from early 2015. With highly acclaimed staging by Axel Kö...

    Carl Maria von Weber Der Freischutz