"Did he invite you to a party?" - "No." - "Thank God!"
"Thank Dr. Fischer for that. Or is that the same thing?"
The evening parties of the eccentric Swiss billionaire Dr. Fischer are legendary. Although the guests have to endure the host's inhuman jokes and macabre party games, the reward for their humiliation is platinum watches and million-dollar cheques hidden in colorful firecrackers.
Fischer's daughter Anna has fallen out with her father. She sees the guests as "creepers" and avoids the decadent parental home. But when she falls in love and wants to get married, her fiancé insists on informing her father of their plans for the future.
In his novel published in 1980, British author Graham Greene combines a suspenseful, mocking parable of human greed with a touching love story.
Price information:
One-way tickets €18, and further information from the Lünen Cultural Office, Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 41, 44532 Lünen; phone 02306 104-2299 or at www.kulturbuero-luenen.de