Kenda Hemedan: Queen in the mud

From the theater stage to the cinema screen: In Burhan Qurbani's Shakespeare adaptation »No Animal. So Wild.«, Kenda Hmeidan has taken the lead role and as a female Richard III as a surprise.

In "No animal. So wild." Kenda Hmeidan plays the main character Rashida, who wants to be queen – but not allowed. A conversation about Shakespeare, Berlin and Syria

Director Burhan Qurbani has already transferred Döblin's "Alexanderplatz" to today's Berlin. Now he has brought Shakespeare's classic "Richard III." From noble intrigues to gang wars. What can the new narrative do? What is the subject of the many conflicts of our time? About land, dominance, about who is allowed to determine. At York vs. Lancaster, a feud that made Shakespeare known under the title Richard III., noble families fight for dominati…

A revenge campaign in the desert dust of Berlin – why Qurbani's drama is as disturbing as it is fascinating.With the title "No Animal. So Wild." I thought at first: "No film title. So unspeakable." But already in the first minutes of the film it was clear that the opposite would be the case. Burhan Qurbani's new work is essentially Shakespeare in Berlin, a reinterpretation as a thriller, free after "Richard III", transferred to rival clans in Ne…