Review: Hitlerin sateenvarjo

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Hitler’s Umbrella

Premiere: 5.2. OHJ: Petteri Sallinen PO: Jouko Klementtilä, Mikko
Kivinen, Antti Litja, Seppo Maijala, Petri Johansson, Matti Olavi Ranin,
Aarno Sulkanen, Kari Mattila, Sasu Tuominen, Lotte-Maj Lax

4 towers (max 5)

Paavo Haavikko has written for the stage of the Helsinki City Theatre
sharp satire called Hitler’s Umbrella, which tells the story of Finland’s
fate in the turmoil of the Second World War.

In the cabinets of Berlin, Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler (Jouko
Klemettilä) and the commander of the Luftwaffe of the Nazi German Air Force, Herman
Göring (Mikko Kivinen) are planning a European federation called UE,
the biggest obstacle of which seems to be the northern colony of Germany
Finland.

Bavarian aspirin and vodka are consumed when the vegan Hitler and Bier
und Wurst diet, Göring does not seem to understand how
Cavalry Marshal Carl Gustaf Mannerheim (Antti Litja)
under the German umbrella.

The play offers dialogue-based verbal fireworks and
comedic expressions that fit a very minimalist set
On the small stage of the Helsinki City Theatre. In the text
play deliciously with the philosophies of von Clausewitz and Sun Tzu, and
stereotypes of Europeans.

Officially, the play is about the situation during the Winter War and the Continuation War, but
in practice, the play strongly reflects the current issues in the EU
political issues. The Mannerheim Staff Economist explains
like Sauli Niinistö, why can’t the state get into debt. With the help of ice and snow
explaining Finland’s vacillations in the interests of EU defence and neutrality.
in a minefield.

Haavikko gives his own position on the non-alignment debate.
On the Marshal’s 75th birthday, Hitler gives Finland a so-called
security deficit: “Finland will never be left alone again.” (HP)