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Witness 11 (2011)

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Witness 11 is a 2012 short dramatic film based on the testimony of renowned German poet and playwright, Bertolt Brecht, during the height of the 1940s Red Scare. It was directed by Sean Mitchell, and stars Oleg Liptsin, Paul Guadarrama and Matt Shelton.

The film was shot in 2012 at the Berkeley City Club in Berkeley, California.

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Called before the House Un-American Activities Committee. (HUAC) during their notorious Hollywood Ten investigation, famed German playwright Bertolt Brecht must choose between betraying himself and his friends, and imprisonment. In the end, Brecht testified that he had never been a member of the Communist Party.

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