Der schwarze Hecht

Its director Oberholzers sixtieth birthday His wife and daughter Anna receive the guests who are invited to the feast with a dish of pike as the main course But suddenly the celebration turns sour at the appearance of an unexpected guest namely Oberholzers brother Alois the black sheep of the family who disappeared years ago As it turns out Alois has since changed his name to Obolski and become ringmaster of a major circus Him and his wife Iduna quickly threaten the morals and standards of the bourgeois party and they proceed to turn the boring proceedings into a turbulent circus show Fortunately after much confusion the story ends happily altough the pike has burned black in the oven