German Actor Delivers First Paris Stage Appearance Since War
May 17 For the first time since the Great War a German play wright presents two German soldiers in Paris in Karl et Anna Leonhard Frank’s war drama set in a Siberian prison camp The plot follows Karl and Anna as a falsified liaison deepens amid absence tragedy and a returning husband The German Ambassador Van Hoesch attended the opening night and praised the performance This marks the first World War based German play shown to the French public amid warm reception.