Synopsis

A middle-class living room in Germany, where a dinner party descends into madness and murder

Ralf and Sarah, a bored couple seeking excitement, host a dinner party for the architect Bastian and his wife Edith. As the evening begins, Ralf casually mentions that they have murdered Sarah’s colleague, Mr. Kolpert, and hidden his body in a trunk. What starts as an apparent joke quickly spirals into a night of psychological warfare, dark revelations, and shocking violence. As the boundaries between truth and fiction blur, the characters’ civilized veneers crack, exposing the savage impulses lurking beneath.

Gieselmann’s pitch-black comedy pushes the limits of taste and morality, using its outrageous premise to satirize middle-class boredom and the human capacity for cruelty. The play’s claustrophobic setting and escalating tension create a pressure-cooker atmosphere, forcing characters and audience alike to confront uncomfortable truths about violence and human nature. Through its exploration of moral boundaries, social conventions, and the thin line between civility and savagery, Mr. Kolpert offers a disturbing yet darkly humorous look at the lengths people will go to escape the mundane.