Brecht (2019)
East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I; his romantic adventures during the twenties; the escape of the Nazi regime; the return from exile. The life of a timeless classic, a class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit, a committed artist.
Cast & Crew
- Director
Bertolt Brecht Burghart Klaußner
Young Bertolt Brecht Tom Schilling
Helene Weigel Adele Neuhauser
Ruth Berlau Trine Dyrholm
Young Helene Weigel Lou Strenger
Himself (archive footage) Bertolt Brecht
Singer and hurdy gurdy Petr Stach
Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard Helmut Zhuber
Miniseries
2019
2 episodes
Season 1 of Brecht premiered on March 22, 2019
East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back on his life.
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Keywords
- berlin, germany
- world war i
- playwright
- docudrama
- east germany
- nazism
- 1920s
- 1940s
- 1950s
- 1910s
- 1930s
- musical theater
- government witch hunt
- portrait of an artist
- exiled artist
- communist writer