Joe Atlas is the strongest man in the world - at least in his own. To prove this to himself, he picks a fight with his entire family and the universe. He chains himself to the sun to prevent a new day from beginning. Because this one is a very special one: Artemis, his daughter, wants to marry his protégé Ricky of all people, which would also mean that Joe would have to admit that his best days are behind him. Klaus Cofalka-Adami plays a father who can't let go of anything in Noah Haidle's biting comedy.
Karlsruhe has made Noah Haidle famous in Germany: Knut Weber was responsible for the German premiere of
Mr. Marmalade in KLEINEN HAUS, directed by Thomas Krupa. 2012 was Haidle's first screenplay,
Stand Up Guysstarring Al Pacino and Christopher Walken. His play
Everything must shinepremiered by Anna Bergmann at Schauspiel Hannover, was voted the best foreign play of 2015 by Theater Heute. In the 2017/18 season, he was in-house playwright at the Nationaltheater Mannheim.
