Es ist ein Irrtum, dass die Toten tot sind

“The tradition of art is the tradition of ecstasy and every attempt by societies to suppress ecstasy only leads to those energies erupting more monstrously from some unguarded outlet.” Either as a distinctive and iconic interviewee with horn-rimmed glasses and a cigar between his lips, or as one of the greatest German writers of the 20th century or simply as an influential forerunner of the contemporary theatre: Heiner Müller is alive, he lives on, he simply must keep living! Uwe Schmieder, an actor in the Cologne ensemble and Müller fan for decades, marks the 30th anniversary of Heiner Müller’s death by inviting you to explore his extensive oeuvre. And to search for what he might whisper to us today through the cigar smoke of time.