Big (like really BIG) Puppets in Berlin

Remember when you were a kid and you saw a marionette performance? How, if the puppeteers were experienced at their craft, the puppets were transformed from wood into life – a very magical thing. Now imagine if the marionettes were several stories tall; giants moving through the streets of your city. Slightly scary maybe and amazingly cool.

A French street theatre troupe, Royal de Luxe, created a story celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall that features two gigantic marionettes controlled with cranes and steel cables instead of strings. The result is a surprisingly moving piece of performance art that includes the wow factor of “how did the hell did they do that.”

There is a great still photo pictorial of the event at Boston.com that describes the event as the giant marionettes make their way through the streets of Berlin.

To see a video of the event watch below. The narration is in German but the images speak for themselves.