BURNING SKIES / Oratorio of an Attack

BURNING SKIES – Oratorio of an Attack sees itself as a collective act of remembrance and an attempt to make the omnipresence of war and violence visible in our bodies,
thoughts and narratives.
An Afghan actress who survived an assassination attempt by the Taliban, a French actor whose grandfather fought in the Indochina War, and a German-Israeli actor from Munich come together in a joint exploration of the traces of war, heritage and guilt.
BURNING SKIES interweaves historical events from the bombing of major German cities during the Second World War with the subjective experiences of those involved in the project and current events. In changing constellations of characters, the film addresses issues of guilt and responsibility as well as questions of death wish and the unconditional will to survive in the midst of war and rubble. As a swan song to war, the evening unfolds not as a picture of redemption, but as a panorama of moral collapse and a burnt-out world that knows only the wounded.

BURNING SKIES is an oratorio about violence, memory and responsibility — an intercultural, polyphonic exploration of how history lives on in bodies. Three perspectives, three languages, three biographies interweave to create a polyphonic space in which personal trauma and collective memory collide.

At a time when war is once again a reality in Europe, this production sees itself as a social and artistic duty: as a contribution to a culture of remembrance that is not museum-like, but alive — uncomfortable, political, human.

BURNING SKIES – Oratorio of an Attack reminds us that every form of revenge and retribution destroys the humanity in us — and that art has the task of making precisely that visible.