Bertolt Brecht
- Writing
- February 10, 1898 · Augsburg, Germany
- August 14, 1956
Biography
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
Filmography
- The Good Person of Szechwan · Writer
- Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei · Theatre Play
- A Santa Joana dos Matadouros · Writer
- The Change of the Wheel · Novel
- Bertolt Brecht - Flüchtlingsgespräche · Lui-même
- The Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Song Play - Teatro Alla Scala · Writer
- The Good Man from Szechuan · Writer
- Rules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed · Story
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny · Writer
- Brecht · Self
- Brecht und das Berliner Ensemble · Self
- Trommeln in der Nacht · Theatre Play
- National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera · Musical, Lyricist
- Marianne · Writer
- Alter Bahnhof Video Walk · Writer
- The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny · Lyricist, Writer
- Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment · Novel
- Theater of War · Self
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny · Novel
- Canção de Baal · Theatre Play, Lyricist
- Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben · Self
- Baal · Novel
- Le cercle de craie caucasien · Author
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters · Self
- The Threepenny Opera · Music, Novel
- The Seduction of Angels · Poem
- The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny · Writer, Lyricist
- The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui · Theatre Play
- The Career of Arturo Ui · Theatre Play
- The Threepenny Opera · Music, Novel
- The Seven Deadly Sins · Writer
- Antigone · Theatre Play
- La vie de Galilée · Author
- Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt · Self
- Mack the Knife · Story
- Der Mantel des Ketzers · Story
- Мещанская свадьба · Story
- Die Bestie · Story
- Der springende Punkt
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle · Writer
- Anna Firling's Roads · Theatre Play
- Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı · Screenplay
- Baal · Writer, Theatre Play
- Fear and Misery of the Third Reich · Writer, Theatre Play
- Svatba · Theatre Play
- Germany Pale Mother · Poem
- No. 18: Mahagonny · Writer
- The Tailor of Ulm · Poem
- Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell · Story
- Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti · Theatre Play
- Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny · Writer
- Brecht and Co · Writer
- The Life Story of Baal · Theatre Play
- Låt er inte förföras · Writer
- Das Leben des Galileo Galilei · Writer
- O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro · Theatre Play
- Der Hofmeister · Writer
- Film Emigration from Nazi Germany · Self
- Death of the Flea Circus Director · Theatre Play
- Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar · Novel
- Galileo · Theatre Play
- I Was, I Am, I Will Be · Poem
- Mahagonny · Writer, Lyricist
- Mr. Puntilla and His Man Matti · Author
- Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui · Writer
- Dificuldade de Governar · Poem
- The Good Person of Szechwan · Theatre Play
- The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui · Adaptation
- History Lessons · Novel
- Trummor i natten · Theatre Play
- Arturo Ui · Novel
- Bubny a trumpety · Theatre Play
- Baal · Story
- Schweik in World War II · Story
- Im Dickicht der Städte · Writer
- Regeln och undantaget · Writer
- Der gute Mensch von Sezuan · Writer
- BBC Play of the Month · Theatre Play
- The Shameless Old Lady · Novel
- Life of Galileo · Theatre Play