Bertolt Brecht
Writing
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
Writing89
movieTrommeln in der Nacht
2018
Theatre Play
movieNational Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016
Musical, Lyricist
movieThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2011
Lyricist, Writer
movieCanção de Baal
2007
Lyricist, Theatre Play
movieBaal
2004
Novel
movieThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1998
Writer, Lyricist
movieThe Career of Arturo Ui
1996
Theatre Play
movieAntigone
1992
Theatre Play
movieMack the Knife
1989
Original Story
movieDie Bestie
1988
Story
movieAnna Firling's Roads
1985
Theatre Play
movieBaal
1982
Writer, Theatre Play
movieFear and Misery of the Third Reich
1981
Writer, Theatre Play
Svatba
1981
Theatre Play
movieHerr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979
Theatre Play
movieBrecht and Co
1979
Writer
movieThe Life Story of Baal
1978
Theatre Play
movieDeath of the Flea Circus Director
1975
Theatre Play
movieGalileo
1975
Theatre Play
movieMahagonny
1974
Writer, Lyricist
movieThe Good Person of Szechwan
1973
Theatre Play
movieTrummor i natten
1972
Theatre Play
Bubny a trumpety
1970
Theatre Play
movieBaal
1970
Story
movieSchweik in World War II
1969
Original Story
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965
Theatre Play
movieLife of Galileo
1965
Theatre Play
The Life of Galileo
1964
Theatre Play
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1963
Lyricist, Writer
movieLeben des Galilei
1947
Theatre Play
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943
Adaptation, Original Story
movieThe Murderers Are Coming
1942
Short Story
movieA Man's a Man
1931
Writer
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1931
Lyricist, Writer
movieThe 3 Penny Opera
1931
Story, Theatre Play
Acting9
tvBrecht
2019
Himself (archive footage)
movieBrecht und das Berliner Ensemble
2019
Himself (archive footage)
movieTheater of War
2008
Self (archive footage)
movieBrecht - Die Kunst zu leben
2006
Self (archive footage)
tvDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002
Self (archive footage)
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
1990
Self (archive footage)
tvFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975
Self (archive footage)
