Bertolt Brecht
Known for: Writing
Born: February 10, 1898
Died: August 14, 1956
Place of birth: Augsburg, Germany
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and began a lifelong collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, Brecht wrote didactic Lehrstücke and became a leading theoretician of epic theatre (which he later preferred to call "dialectical theatre") and the Verfremdungseffekt. When the Nazis came to power in Germany in 1933, Brecht fled his home country, initially to Scandinavia. During World War II he moved to Southern California, where he established himself as a screenwriter while being surveilled by the FBI. In 1947, he was part of the first group of Hollywood film artists to be subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee for alleged Communist Party affiliations. The day after testifying, he returned to Europe, eventually settling in East Berlin, where he co-founded the theatre company Berliner Ensemble with his wife and long-time collaborator, actress Helene Weigel. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bertolt Brecht, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography
98 movies · 5 TV shows, newest first
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The Good Person of Szechwan
2025
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Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei
2025
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A Santa Joana dos Matadouros
2024
5.5
The Change of the Wheel
2024
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Bertolt Brecht - Flüchtlingsgespräche
2022
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The Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Song Play - Teatro Alla Scala
2021
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The Good Man from Szechuan
2020
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Rules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed
2020
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2019
5.3
Brecht
2019
8.0
Brecht und das Berliner Ensemble
2019
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Trommeln in der Nacht
2018
4.5
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016NR
Marianne
2013NR
Alter Bahnhof Video Walk
2012
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The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2011
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Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment
2009
6.2
Theater of War
2008
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007
2.0
Canção de Baal
2007
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Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
2006
5.3
Baal
2004
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Le cercle de craie caucasien
2002
9.0
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002NR
The Threepenny Opera
2000
5.8
The Seduction of Angels
2000
6.2
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1998NR
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1997
9.0
The Career of Arturo Ui
19969.0
The Threepenny Opera
1995
7.0
The Seven Deadly Sins
1993
6.0
Antigone
199210.0
La vie de Galilée
1992NR
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
1990
6.6
Mack the Knife
1989
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Der Mantel des Ketzers
1989NR
Мещанская свадьба
1989
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Die Bestie
1988NR
Der springende Punkt
1987
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The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985
7.8
Anna Firling's Roads
1985
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Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı
1984
4.7
Baal
1982
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Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
1981NR
Svatba
1981
6.6
Germany Pale Mother
19806.0
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980
5.0
The Tailor of Ulm
1980
7.0
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
1979
8.0
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979
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Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1979
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Brecht and Co
1979
10.0
The Life Story of Baal
1978
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Låt er inte förföras
1978
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Das Leben des Galileo Galilei
19789.5
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
19764.0
Der Hofmeister
1976
9.0
Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
6.6
Death of the Flea Circus Director
19759.0
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar
1975
6.1
Galileo
1975
7.5
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
1974
7.0
Mahagonny
1974
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Mr. Puntilla and His Man Matti
1974
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Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
1974NR
Dificuldade de Governar
1974
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The Good Person of Szechwan
1973
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The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972
6.2
History Lessons
1972
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Trummor i natten
1972NR
Bubny a trumpety
1970
5.5
Baal
1970
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Schweik in World War II
196910.0
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968
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Regeln och undantaget
1968
6.0
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
1966
5.2
BBC Play of the Month
1965
6.8
The Shameless Old Lady
1965
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Life of Galileo
1965NR
The Life of Galileo
1964NR
Pušky paní Carrarové
1963
5.8
The Threepenny Opera
1963NR
Kavkazský křídový kruh
196210.0
Leben des Galilei
1962
7.3
Mother Courage and Her Children
1961NR
Księżyc z Alabamy
1961
7.0
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960NR
Zadržitelný vzestup Artura Uie
1960
8.0
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
1958NR
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
1957NR
Pušky paní Carrarové
1955
6.3
Song of the Rivers
1954
9.0
Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
1952
7.0
Leben des Galilei
1947
6.9
Hangmen Also Die!
1943
5.4
The Murderers Are Coming
1942
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Schweik is Preparing For Battle
1942
6.9
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
1932
6.4
A Man's a Man
1931
6.9
The Threepenny Opera
1931
7.1
The 3 Penny Opera
1931
5.7
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
1923NR
An den kleinen Radioapparat
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