Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers
One family, five brothers and an irresolvable conflict
ENDLA AUDIENCE FAVORITE 2025!

Director: Kaili Viidas
Authors: Luchino Visconti di Modrone, Vasco Pratolini, Enrico Medioli, Giovanna Cecchi, Massimo Franciosa and Pasquale Festa Campanile
Set and costume designer: Iir Hermeliin
Translator: Aleksander Kurtna
Dramatist: Ott Kilusk
Lighting designer: Ivar Piterskihh
Composer: Robi Salumets
Video artists: Argo Valdmaa, Antti Aalmaa

Cast: Carmen Mikiver, Karl-Andreas Kalmet, Pääru Oja (guest), Nils Mattias Steinberg, Ott Raidmets (guest), Johannes Eensalu (guest), Vesse Leok (guest), Fatme Helge Leevald, Liis Karpov, Carita Vaikjärv, Meelis Rämmeld, Sten Karpov, Enn Keerd, Kati Ong, Vallo Kapak (guest), Henri Helemäe (guest), Andre Nael (guest)

“Rocco and His Brothers” is a powerful, sweeping story for those who seek passion, complicated relationships, tense situations, love, hatred, forgiveness and… boxing in the theatre.

After her husband’s death, the widowed Rosaria decides to start a new life in northern Italy with her five sons. Simple and sincere, inexperienced in life, these country boys have grown up under their mother’s domineering and fiercely loving hand. They find themselves in industrial Milan after the Second World War: a tempting metropolis that never sleeps. In dark dives, money earned through a hard day’s work disappears in an instant to the sound of devilish jazz. Crime and prostitution flourish on the streets, alongside a thirst for life and a longing for happiness. Boxing is the most popular sport, promising a quick rise to success and money.

Yet people do not control their own destinies; instead, they let themselves be led by the blinding force of love. The boys, raised in a devoutly Catholic and austere family, are forced to choose between new and old values, putting their hidden sides, their honour and their love for their mother to the test. There are two ways out of an irresolvable situation: give up and let yourself be swallowed by utter darkness, or emerge from it as a saint. But saints are not made without sacrifices.

The production is based on the 1960 film “Rocco e i suoi fratelli” by Italian director Luchino Visconti, which won numerous awards.