Naked Lenin

Revolutionary melodrama

A play, based on true events that took place in June 1915. Vladimir Lenin, his wife Nadezhda Krupskaya, and the revolutionary Inessa Armand were together vacationing at the Sörenberg resort in Switzerland. Vladimir Lenin had a habit of swimming naked in the local river, which displeased a member of the cantonal council. The ensuing scandal, as well as the twists and turns in the relationship between the spouses and their guest, formed the basis for Vsevolod Bernstein's play.

In Russian with German subtitles.

Upcoming Events

September 19,20 2026

Dissecting Dostoevsky

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Nadezhda Suslova, the first female student at the University of Zurich, struggles with academic pressures and the hostility of those around her, when her sister Polina arrives burdened by a painful affair with Dostoevsky. Together the sisters summon the writer’s spirit and, in a surreal comic twist, attempt to dissect him like one of Nadezhda’s frogs in order to understand love, literature, and their own futures.

Recent Events

Januar 2026

Parterra Fest

Theater OTempora successfully took part in the Parterra Festival in Zurich with its production of “Naked Lenin” on January 17, 2026