LOVE IN SEARCH FOR A ROOM

  • 15,000 copies sold!
  • A dramatic love story from the Warsaw Ghetto between three young actors.
  • A tribute to the power of laughter in the face of death.
  • Based on a rare discovery of Jewish plays from that time.
  • More than 5,5 million copies of David Safier's novels were sold in Germany and 1,2 million copies internationally!

Three young actors and a life-or-death decision.

In the Warsaw Ghetto in 1942, music, laughter, and applause emanate from a small side street. A theater piece, a light-hearted musical comedy called Die Liebe sucht ein Zimmer, is premiering. Young actress Sara nervously awaits her turn, her eyes shining as she watches her beloved Edmund captivate the audience and momentarily make their suffering disappear. Suddenly, Michal, the theater’s director and her former lover, approaches her with a tempting offer: he will escape the ghetto after the performance and promises her a ticket to freedom. He wants to save her from the Nazis, typhus, and starvation. But escaping with him would mean leaving Edmund behind, perhaps forever. Sara must choose between love and survival. She has only the ninety minutes of the show, amidst a tense atmosphere intensified by a trigger-happy SS soldier causing terror in the theater.

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  • Publisher: Rowohlt Kindler
  • Release: 13.05.2025
  • ISBN: 978-3-463-00047-3
  • 336 Pages
  • Author: David Safier

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David Safier

David Safier was born in 1966, and is one of today’s most successful authors and screenwriters. His books Mieses Karma ,  Plötzlich Shakespeare ,  Happy Family ,  MUH!  and  28 Tage lang sold millions. His books are also bestsellers in markets outside Germany. He won both the International Emmy and the Grimme Prize for his screenplay for the TV series Berlin, Berlin . He lives and works in Bremen, is married and has two children and a dog.