- Ignaz Wolz, for whom the world had been fine until the First World War, returns from it with hatred for the exploitative capitalist hierarchy and commences his own war a war against the rich. What he takes from them, he distributes generously to the poor. As a man of action he is not interested in programs or visions b…
- SynopsisThe setting is Paris in the 17th century.Act IIt begins with the crowd agitated about a series of recent mysterious murders. The police calm the crowd. The goldsmith Cardillac then walks on, and the atmosphere becomes hushed. The Lady asks the Cavalier about Cardillac, and the Cavalier tells of the goldsmith an…