Il nuotatore di Auschwitz

Venue: Teatro Gioiello. Address: Via Cristoforo Colombo, 31, Turin, TO, Italy. Organiser: Teatro Gioiello. End: 17:30 Adaptation Luca De Bei Starring Raoul Bova Direction Luca De Bei Original music Francesco Bova Lighting design Marco Laudando Costumes Francesca Schiavon Production Nuovo Teatro Parioli The show is inspired by the true story of Alfred Nakache and the book Uno psicologo nei lager by Viktor E. Frankl. Alfred Nakache was a French swimmer of Jewish origin, holder of a world record. At Auschwitz he was prisoner number 172763. Despite imprisonment and unimaginable deprivation, he never stopped training by diving into the icy water of a reservoir. His strength, his unshakeable determination, allowed him to endure the horror of the camp and survive. When he returned to competition, he set a new record and took part in the London Olympics. Viktor Frankl, an Austrian psychiatrist, was also interned at Auschwitz and, immediately after liberation, wrote a book about the experience and about those who, just like Nakache, managed to overcome that terrible ordeal. The show aims to return these two figur