Astutuli' are the cheeky super-bright people who get taken all too easily by a clever con-man. Nobody wants to be the dumb one; thus, the audience first lose a healthy sense of truth, then they lose their clothes and their purses and eventually all their dignity. 'Everything is make-believe!' shouts the entertainer before disappearing with his accomplice and the loot. It's a rascal's tale, a story of deception, which is both fascinating and amusing. But behind all that - and unnoticeable until the very end - we find deceit, spoon-feeding and theft. All this is presented in Carl Orff's 'rootsy' and powerful Bavarian style - both linguistically and musically. - This recent DVD edition 'Carl Orff' presents a new view of the significant 20th-century composer Carl Orff (1895-1982). Conductor: Mark Mast Stage Director: Hellmuth Matiasek Assistant director: Theo G. Kobler Stage and costumes: Thomas Pekny Lights: Georg Boeshenz Assistant choreographers: Günter Pick, Carlos Carasquilla Choir production: Gernot Schwickert, Mark Maststarring: Michael Schanze (as The Entertainer), Winfried Hübner, Christoph Gehr, Michael Schlenger ...Ensemble of the World Theatre Choirs Andechs Young Munich Philharmonic OrchestraPerformance: Florian-Stadl (Florian Barn), Kloster Andechs (Andechs Monastery), Orff in Andechs Festival A B.O.A. VIDEOFILMKUNST Munich production, Regie/Director: Peider A. DefillaGerman with English subtitlesDolby Digital 5.1DVD-9 / 105 min.regional code: 0 (PAL, colour)frame size: 16 : 9MV 8535 Carl Orff: Die Bernauerin (The Bernauer Woman) [1]Links:------[1] http://www.wergo.de/shop/en_UK/products/show,266952.html