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Bertolt Brecht
Writer

Bertolt Brecht

10 Feb 1898Born
14 Aug 1956Died
58Age at death
41Credits

Biography

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.

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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.

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Known for

Filmography

  1. 2025The Good Person of SzechwanFilm: Writer
  2. 2024A Santa Joana dos MatadourosFilm: Writer
  3. 2024The Change of the WheelFilm: Novel
  4. 2022Bertolt Brecht - FlüchtlingsgesprächeFilm: Lui-même
  5. 2021The Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Song Play - Teatro Alla ScalaFilm: Writer
  6. 2020The Good Man from SzechuanFilm: Writer
  7. 2019Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyFilm: Writer
  8. 2013MarianneFilm: Writer
  9. 2012Alter Bahnhof Video WalkFilm: Writer
  10. 2011The Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyFilm: Writer
  11. 2009Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentimentFilm: Novel
  12. 2004BaalFilm: Novel
  13. 1998The Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyFilm: Writer
  14. 1993The Seven Deadly SinsFilm: Writer
  15. 1987Der springende PunktFilm
  16. 1985The Caucasian Chalk CircleFilm: Writer
  17. 1984Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e KarşıFilm: Screenplay
  18. 1982BaalFilm: Writer
  19. 1981Fear and Misery of the Third ReichFilm: Writer
  20. 1980No. 18: MahagonnyFilm: Writer
  21. 1979Rise and Fall of the City of MahagonnyFilm: Writer
  22. 1979Brecht and CoFilm: Writer
  23. 1978Låt er inte förförasFilm: Writer
  24. 1978Das Leben des Galileo GalileiSeries: Writer (2 episodes)
  25. 1976Der HofmeisterFilm: Writer
  26. 1975Die Gewehre der Frau CarrarFilm: Novel
  27. 1974MahagonnyFilm: Writer
  28. 1974Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo UiFilm: Writer
  29. 1972History LessonsFilm: Novel
  30. 1971Arturo UiFilm: Novel
  31. 1968Im Dickicht der StädteFilm: Writer
  32. 1968Regeln och undantagetFilm: Writer
  33. 1966Der gute Mensch von SezuanFilm: Writer
  34. 1965The Shameless Old LadyFilm: Novel
  35. 1963The Threepenny OperaFilm: Writer
  36. 1957Mutter Courage und ihre KinderFilm: Screenplay
  37. 1954Song of the RiversFilm: Writer
  38. 1932Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?Film: Screenplay
  39. 1931A Man's a ManFilm: Director, Writer
  40. 1931The Threepenny OperaFilm: Writer
  41. 1923The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's ShopFilm: Director, Writer

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