<p>The lazy Kasperl is elected chancellor and makes ridiculous suggestions to solve administrative problems. He encounters Death who takes him to a court where it must be decided whether Kasperl will go to heaven or to hell. Kasperl's stupidity saves him from eternal suffering. He wakes up: it was only a dream, and he promises to become a better person and to work. He encounters Death again, but this time, Death decides to let Kasperl live.</p>

String marionette

Not specified

Polgar Alfred

Austria

Vienna

Printed

Laziness

Hell

Heaven

Judgment

Politics

Silliness

Chancellor

Judgment of God

Lawyer

Hunger

Fighting

Anti-Semitism

Death

Soul

Comical

Satirical

Absurd

German

Der unsterbliche Kasperl. Ein Spiel für das Wursteltheater

Ein Spiel für das Hanswursttheater

Kasperl

Neighbour

Emissary

Angel

Police Superintendant

Judge

Voice

Passer-by

Physician

Address to the public

Plot twist

Parodic trial

Song

Political allegory

Dialect

Der unsterbliche Kasperl

The immortal Kasperl