Writing
Bertolt Brecht
EN, HE, DE, PT cinema · 99 credits
Born
10 February 1898
Died
14 August 1956 (aged 58)
Birthplace
Augsburg, Germany
Also known as Bert Brecht
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.
Known for
Filmography
An den kleinen Radioapparat
An den kleinen Radioapparat
Original Story, Lyricist
Brecht und das Berliner Ensemble
as Himself (archive footage)
Trommeln in der Nacht
Theatre Play
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
Musical, Lyricist
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Lyricist, Writer
Theater of War
as Self (archive footage)
Canção de Baal
Lyricist, Theatre Play
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
as Self (archive footage)
Baal
Novel
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Writer, Lyricist
The Career of Arturo Ui
Theatre Play
Antigone
Theatre Play
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
1990
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
as Self (archive footage)
Mack the Knife
Original Story
Anna Firling's Roads
Theatre Play
Baal
Writer, Theatre Play
Svatba
1981
Svatba
Theatre Play
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Writer, Theatre Play
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Theatre Play
The Life Story of Baal
Theatre Play
Death of the Flea Circus Director
Theatre Play
Galileo
Theatre Play
Mahagonny
Writer, Lyricist
The Good Person of Szechwan
Theatre Play
Trummor i natten
Theatre Play
Baal
Story
Schweik in World War II
Original Story
Life of Galileo
Theatre Play
The Threepenny Opera
Lyricist, Writer
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Theatre Play
Leben des Galilei
Theatre Play
Hangmen Also Die!
Adaptation, Original Story
The Murderers Are Coming
Short Story
A Man's a Man
Director, Writer
The Threepenny Opera
Lyricist, Writer
The 3 Penny Opera
Story, Theatre Play
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
Director, Writer