Lake Hundekehle: She had always been elusive, and her disappearance made her even more mysterious – Alima, the oriental girl, with whom Wernigerode imagined living together for two years.
The Therapist: If the citizens of Berlin only knew ›the extent of the mysterious wilderness‹ right on their doorstep – Lake Halen, for example.
The Insult: Death scene in Hamlet – Sennheiser's performance or the sudden need to survive a deadly role. Berlin lakes, secretive waters with an unimagined pull; the perfect place to disappear – or to make someone disappear. Their counterpart, the floodlit public: a theatre stage acts as the venue for an artistically orchestrated departure.