Walter Sittler & Johann von Bülow: I give you my word of honor!

On average, a person lies 200 times a day. The lie is the glue of world history. The documents that established the Papal States and made Hamburg a Hanseatic City — forged! Perhaps even half of the Middle Ages is an invention... And then the 19th century — the great era of impostors! They sell the Eiffel Tower and the city of London in individual parts. Not to forget that in the 20th century, of course, no one planned to build a wall in Berlin or had a “sexual relationship with that woman.” At last, the world history of lies!

After the overwhelming success with their reading in honor of Roger Willemsen and Dieter Hildebrandt at the St. Pauli Theater in Hamburg, Walter Sittler (Hildebrandt) and Johann von Bülow (Willemsen) are now going on tour with their entertaining search for the truth about lies. Rearranged and gently updated, they throw scandalous falsehoods and devious intrigue around them. Much to entertain the audience, who are likely to be a few illusions poorer after this evening.

Johann von Bülow, born 1972 in Munich, is one of the most famous German actors of his generation. After studying at the Otto Falckenberg School, he played at important theaters such as the Schauspielhaus Bochum; he has also appeared in numerous German and international cinema and television films and works with directors such as Oliver Hirschbiegel and François Ozon.

Walter Sittler, born as a German-American in Chicago, attended the Otto Falckenberg School from 1978 to 1981. From 1981 to 1988 he was engaged at the National Theatre in Mannheim and then at the Staatstheater Stuttgart until 1995. His career as an actor on TV and several movies began in 1995. The production “Nikola” on RTL received, among others, the Grimme Prize and Walter Sittler the German TV Prize for Best Actor in a Comedy. In addition, Walter Sittler never gave up the stage and has been making guest appearances in many cities in Germany for years with various theatre productions and readings.

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