''Geisterbahn'' (''Ghost Train'') is a play by Franz Xaver Kroetz. The sequel to ''

Stallerhof ''Stallerhof'' is a 1971 play in three acts by Franz Xaver Kroetz. Along with its sequel '' Geisterbahn'' (1975), it is regarded as one of Kroetz's most important works in the period. The play focuses on "the parent-child relationship between a farm ...

'' (1971), it is cited as one of Kroetz's most important works in the period. ''Geisterbahn'' was written soon after ''Stallerhoff'' but remained unperformed until 1975. The playwright Kroetz is known for his plays featuring severely mentally or emotionally impaired characters, often set in his native

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. ''Geisterbahn'' and ''Stallerhoff'' are plays which are renowned for their sex and violence, with "graphic scenes of rape, defecation, masturbation, nudity, and an infanticide". During the play, Sepp and Beppi's child, born at the end of ''Stallerhof'', is killed.

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