Tankred Dorst

The pupil Rull rehearses the uprising at a grammar school in Bremen and tries to break through the authoritarian structures of his school. The result is a humorous protest movement that demands a democratic school form.

The writer, the publisher, the just-famous poet, the once-famous film director, the dreaded critic, the educated dentist and the half-educated goldsmith are at home in the culture industry, they know their way around, and they have learned to be wary of each other and of themselves: what they have in common is a secret fear that one day they will no longer belong, that one day they will no longer be able to keep up.