Der blinde Passagier

Written in Danish exile while living with Helene Weigel and Bertolt Brecht, Der Blinde Passagier was considered too provocative for any Copenhagen stage. Set on a Danish cargo ship docked in Germany, Lazar’s tense chamber drama asks:

What do we do when a refugee hides among us?

A man is hunted by a mob and leaps into freezing waters. Everyone assumes he’s a criminal. But Carl, the captain’s son, pulls him aboard and hides him. As suspicions rise, so do questions of guilt, complicity, and courage. Is he truly dangerous—or just fleeing persecution?

A gripping drama of civil courage and moral reckoning—still urgent today.

Like a crime thriller, with taut dialogue and haunting intensity.

(Theater heute)

Alarming in its relevance to today’s Europe.

(Perlentaucher)

One of the season’s most riveting rediscoveries.

(FAZ)