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Bertolt Brecht ([ˈbɛɐ̯tɔlt ˈbʁɛçt]; born About this sound Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht ; 10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956) was a German poet, playwright, theatre director, and Marxist.
A theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.
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Bertolt Brecht
Nationality Austria
Birth 10 february 1898 at Augsburg (German)
Death 14 august 1956 (at 58 years) at East Berlin (German)
Awards National Prize of East Germany
Birth 10 february 1898 at Augsburg (German)
Death 14 august 1956 (at 58 years) at East Berlin (German)
Awards National Prize of East Germany
A theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.
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Filmography of Bertolt Brecht (15 films)
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, 32minutesDirected by Bertolt Brecht, Erich Engel
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Erwin Faber, Karl Valentin, Blandine Ebinger, Max Schreck, Annemarie Hase, Kurt Horwitz
Rating60%
The plot revolves around Dr. Moras (Faber) who visits a barber (Valentin), who accidentally shaves Moras to look like a Chinese person (above, left), and then mistakenly cuts off Moras' rival's head (photo, above, right), which is sewn back on by the barber's assistant (Ebinger), and ends with a sword fight - "The Duel" - and in which Faber is triumphant (actually, saved by the girl!) and Ebinger and Faber embrace in a happy ending in a mysterious Senegalese Salon (photo right).
Scriptwriter
Roles Novel
Rating68%
Une femme récite devant une fenêtre deux monologue de Corneille. Puis, assise, elle lit dans différentes tenues l'histoire du procès de Lukullus, général romain, qui est jugé par les ombres après sa mort.
, 1h52Genres Comedy
Actors Lasse Pöysti, Ritva Valkama, Elina Salo, Asser Fagerström
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Galileo (1975)
, 2h25Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Chaim Topol, Edward Fox, Georgia Brown, John Gielgud, Tom Conti, Margaret Leighton
Roles Theatre Play
Rating65%
The film closely follows the "American" version of Brecht's play Galileo. In 1609 Galileo is a mathematics professor in Padua, Italy. While his salary is inadequate, he possesses the freedom to pursue controversial scientific studies under the protection of the Venetian republic. Part of his work involves the use of a telescope, a relatively new scientific instrument brought from the Netherlands. Using the telescope, Galileo seeks to test the theories put forth by Nicolaus Copernicus that place the sun – and not the Earth – at the center of universe. As his research progress, Galileo accepts a more prestigious academic position in Florence, Italy. But his new position does not come with the government protection he enjoyed in Venice, and his friends in the higher echelons of the Roman Catholic Church refuse to come to his aid when he is summoned before the Inquisition.
, 15minutesOrigin German
Genres Documentary, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Rating64%
D'après deux lettres d'Arnold Schönberg à Kandinsky de 1923, et le discours de Bertolt Brecht au Congrès international des intellectuels contre le fascisme en 1935.
History Lessons (1972)
, 1h25Directed by Jean-Marie Straub et Danièle Huillet
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical
Roles Novel
Rating64%
Un jeune homme d'aujourd'hui, qui veut mieux comprendre les mécanismes du pouvoir, rencontre et interroge successivement quatre hommes qui ont connu Jules César, un banquier, un paysan, un avocat et un écrivain.
Baal (1970)
, 1h27Directed by Volker Schlöndorff
Origin German
Genres Drama
Actors Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Margarethe von Trotta, Hanna Schygulla, Claudia Butenuth, Irm Hermann, Günther Kaufmann
Roles Story
Rating63%
C'est la vie dénuée de sens d'un jeune poète maudit, Baal, brûlant la vie par tous les bouts et la noyant dans le schnaps, cherchant à combler un vide existentiel, il se nourrit de sexe et de poésie.
The Shameless Old Lady (1965)
, 1h34Directed by René Allio
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about families, La provence, Vieillesse
Actors Sylvie, Victor Lanoux, Jean Bouise, Malka Ribowska, François Maistre, Étienne Bierry
Roles Novel
Rating70%
Madame Berthe, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life married to her husband for some sixty years. She determines to venture into the modern world and have as much fun as possible, and in doing so finds that she loves it. She blows her life savings, much to the disapproval of the young people around her.
The Threepenny Opera (1963)
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Curd Jürgens, Lino Ventura, Gert Fröbe, Hilde Hildebrand, Hildegard Knef, Walter Giller
Roles Lyricist
Rating52%
Macheath est le chef des Voleurs. Avec ses sbires, il a pour habitude de s'en prendre à La Banque de la ville. La police, totalement corrompue ne peut rien contre lui. Mais un jour un policier décide de mettre un terme à la carrière de Macheat. Au même moment La Banque fait faillite. Macheat décide alors qu'il est temps pour lui de rentrer dans le rang : avec l'argent amassé au cours de sa cariière de voleur il achète La Banque et épouse la fille du chef des Mendiants.
, 1h37Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin Austria
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Curt Bois, Maria Emo, Heinz Engelmann, Elfriede Irrall, Otto Schmöle, Elisabeth Stiepl
Roles Writer
Rating64%
Le propriétaire terrien finlandais Puntila est devenu un bon ami après avoir bu et raconte ses soucis à son chauffeur Matti. Il veut marier sa fille Eva à un attaché diplomatique, mais cela lui fait mal de devoir donner à son gendre comme une dot un morceau de sa forêt.
Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
, 2h14Directed by Fritz Lang
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Hans Heinrich von Twardowski, Brian Donlevy, Walter Brennan, Arno Frey, Anna Lee, Gene Lockhart
Roles Original Story
Rating73%
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda (Brian Donlevy), a Czech patriot, assassinates the brutal "Hangman of Europe", Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich (Hans Heinrich von Twardowski), but his getaway car is discovered and therefore his planned safe house must reject him. When a woman he doesn't know, named Mascha (Anna Lee), deliberately misdirects German soldiers close to finding him, he seeks her home as an alternative safe house. This turns out to be the home of her father, history professor Stephen Novotny (Walter Brennan), whom the Nazis have banned from teaching. This plan works. But because the assassin now can't be found, the Nazi leaders in Prague decide to create an incentive for him to turn himself in or for others to do so. They arrange–with the help of fifth-columnist Emil Czaka (Gene Lockhart), a wealthy brewer–for 400 citizens, including Professor Novotny, to be executed, forty at a time, until the assassin is named. Through a complex series of events, however, the resistance manages to frame Czaka himself for the murder, but not before the Nazis have executed many of the hostages.
The Murderers Are Coming (1942)
, 1h4Directed by Vsevolod Poudovkine
Genres Drama, War
Actors Ada Vojtsik, Olga Zhiznyeva
Roles Writer
Rating71%
Directed by Slátan Dudow
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Ernst Busch, Hertha Thiele, Adolf Fischer, Gerhard Bienert, Anna Müller-Lincke, Erwin Geschonneck
Rating65%
Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpaid back rent. The young man, brother of the protagonist Anni, removes his wristwatch and throws himself from a window out of despair. Shortly thereafter his family is evicted from their apartment. Now homeless, the family moves into a garden colony of sorts with the name “Kuhle Wampe.”
The 3 Penny Opera (1931)
, 1h44Directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Rudolf Forster, Carola Neher, Lotte Lenya, Fritz Rasp, Gustav Püttjer, Hermann Thimig
Roles Lyricist
Rating72%
Macheath aka "Mack the Knife" ("Mackie Messer" in German) is presented as an antihero and is in league with Tiger Brown, Chief of Police, who is about to oversee the coronation of an unspecified queen.
, 32minutesDirected by Bertolt Brecht, Erich Engel
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Erwin Faber, Karl Valentin, Blandine Ebinger, Max Schreck, Annemarie Hase, Kurt Horwitz
Roles Writer
Rating60%
The plot revolves around Dr. Moras (Faber) who visits a barber (Valentin), who accidentally shaves Moras to look like a Chinese person (above, left), and then mistakenly cuts off Moras' rival's head (photo, above, right), which is sewn back on by the barber's assistant (Ebinger), and ends with a sword fight - "The Duel" - and in which Faber is triumphant (actually, saved by the girl!) and Ebinger and Faber embrace in a happy ending in a mysterious Senegalese Salon (photo right).