Bertolt 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.
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Películas (99)
The Good Person of Szechwan
2025 · Writer
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei
2025 · Theatre Play
A Santa Joana dos Matadouros
2024 · Writer
The Change of the Wheel
2024 · Novel
Bertolt Brecht - Flüchtlingsgespräche
2022 · Lui-même
The Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Song Play - Teatro Alla Scala
2021 · Writer
The Good Man from Szechuan
2020 · Writer
Rules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed
2020 · Story
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2019 · Writer
Brecht und das Berliner Ensemble
2019 · Himself (archive footage)
Trommeln in der Nacht
2018 · Theatre Play
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016 · Musical, Lyricist
Marianne
2013 · Writer
Alter Bahnhof Video Walk
2012 · Writer
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2011 · Lyricist, Writer
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment
2009 · Novel
Theater of War
2008 · Self (archive footage)
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007 · Book
Canção de Baal
2007 · Theatre Play, Lyricist
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben
2006 · Self (archive footage)
Baal
2004 · Novel
Le cercle de craie caucasien
2002 · Author
The Threepenny Opera
2000 · Music, Book
The Seduction of Angels
2000 · Poem
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1998 · Writer, Lyricist
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1997 · Theatre Play
The Career of Arturo Ui
1996 · Theatre Play
The Threepenny Opera
1995 · Book, Music
The Seven Deadly Sins
1993 · Writer
Antigone
1992 · Theatre Play
La vie de Galilée
1992 · Author
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
1990 · Self (archive footage)
Mack the Knife
1989 · Original Story
Der Mantel des Ketzers
1989 · Story
Мещанская свадьба
1989 · Story
Die Bestie
1988 · Story
Der springende Punkt
1987
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985 · Writer
Anna Firling's Roads
1985 · Theatre Play
Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı
1984 · Screenplay
Baal
1982 · Writer, Theatre Play
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
1981 · Writer, Theatre Play
Svatba
1981 · Theatre Play
Germany Pale Mother
1980 · Poem
No. 18: Mahagonny
1980 · Writer
The Tailor of Ulm
1980 · Poem
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
1979 · Story
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979 · Theatre Play
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1979 · Writer
Brecht and Co
1979 · Writer
The Life Story of Baal
1978 · Theatre Play
Låt er inte förföras
1978 · Writer
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
1976 · Theatre Play
Der Hofmeister
1976 · Writer
Death of the Flea Circus Director
1975 · Theatre Play
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar
1975 · Novel
Galileo
1975 · Theatre Play
I Was, I Am, I Will Be
1974 · Poem
Mahagonny
1974 · Writer, Lyricist
Mr. Puntilla and His Man Matti
1974 · Author
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
1974 · Writer
Dificuldade de Governar
1974 · Poem
The Good Person of Szechwan
1973 · Theatre Play
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972 · Adaptation
History Lessons
1972 · Novel
Trummor i natten
1972 · Theatre Play
Arturo Ui
1971 · Novel
Bubny a trumpety
1970 · Theatre Play
Baal
1970 · Story
Schweik in World War II
1969 · Original Story
Im Dickicht der Städte
1968 · Writer
Regeln och undantaget
1968 · Writer
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
1966 · Writer
The Shameless Old Lady
1965 · Novel
Life of Galileo
1965 · Theatre Play
The Life of Galileo
1964 · Theatre Play
Pušky paní Carrarové
1963 · Theatre Play
The Threepenny Opera
1963 · Lyricist, Writer
Kavkazský křídový kruh
1962 · Theatre Play
Leben des Galilei
1962 · Story
Mother Courage and Her Children
1961 · Story
Księżyc z alabamy
1961 · Author
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960 · Theatre Play
Zadržitelný vzestup Artura Uie
1960 · Theatre Play
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
1958 · Author
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
1957 · Screenplay
Pušky paní Carrarové
1955 · Theatre Play
Song of the Rivers
1954 · Writer
Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
1952 · Lyricist
Leben des Galilei
1947 · Theatre Play
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Adaptation, Original Story
The Murderers Are Coming
1942 · Short Story
Schweik is Preparing For Battle
1942 · Lyricist
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
1932 · Screenplay
A Man's a Man
1931 · Director, Writer
The Threepenny Opera
1931 · Lyricist, Writer
The 3 Penny Opera
1931 · Story, Theatre Play
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
1923 · Director, Writer
An den kleinen Radioapparat
· Original Story, Lyricist
