MEDIATHEK

In a small touristic village in the alps the times are difficult. In this situation a sheik appears with an idea for investment. He plans to dig a huge hole in a nature reserve of great beauty. The reasons are a secret. He is supported by the hotel owner, who is a rather shady character. The hotel owner hopes for investment from the sheik for his dream of creating a summer paradise in the village which will fill his failing hotel with wealthy guests. The is the lady’s man Jonny, Pauline, the daughter of the hotel owner, the ecological activist Carla, the high class call girl Nina, the hotel receptionist Pavel who has seen everything-- and other scurrile characters that work together and against each other. They all have their own plans motivated by greed, love, passion, principle and profit. Mountain Pirates is a parable about greed and the sacrifice of nature and the environment for economic development. At the end all the characters have resorted to lies and deceit in order to promote their own interests and goals. But there is a completely unexpected turn of events which leads to a relatively happy end for nature and the people. There are 17 songs throughout the music theater in different styles accompanied by a hotel band of piano, guitar and saxophone/clarinet. The premiere performances were given in Chur, Switzerland in the Canton of the Grisons. This area has had extremely intense development in tourism in summer and winter for over 100 years. The most famous town in this region is St. Moritz.