Der Krieg der Knöpfe - Wiener Volksoper

Volksoper Wien, Wien

In France 100 years ago: Two small villages have been at loggerheads for generations, although no one really knows why. The adults are too busy working the land and running the inn, so it is the children who fight it out. They regularly meet in the forest and fight. Gradually, working together seems to become more important than fighting each other. When it comes to a final confrontation, however, the amusing adventure threatens to turn bitterly serious.

"The War of the Buttons" was a great success as a novel by Louis Pergaud and has been an integral part of French identity since its film adaptation in 1962 at the latest, as well as being a classic of youth literature beyond French borders. The adventure story tells of friendship and enmity, of winning and losing, of small and big children. Johanna Arrouas stages her own version of the story with plenty of humor and great emotion.