Bertolt Brecht
- Known for
- Writing
- Born
- February 10, 1898
- Died
- August 14, 1956 (aged 58)
- Birthplace
- Augsburg, Germany
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
An den kleinen Radioapparat
Movie · Original Story, Lyricist
The Good Person of Szechwan
Movie · Writer
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei
Movie · Theatre Play
A Santa Joana dos Matadouros
Movie · Writer
The Change of the Wheel
Movie · Novel
The Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Song Play - Teatro Alla Scala
Movie · Writer
The Good Man from Szechuan
Movie · Writer
Rules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed
Movie · Story
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Movie · Writer
Trommeln in der Nacht
Movie · Theatre Play
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
Movie · Musical, Lyricist
Marianne
Movie · Writer
Alter Bahnhof Video Walk
Movie · Writer
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Movie · Lyricist, Writer
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment
Movie · Novel
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Movie · Book
Canção de Baal
Movie · Lyricist, Theatre Play
Baal
Movie · Novel
Le cercle de craie caucasien
Movie · Author
The Threepenny Opera
Movie · Book
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Movie · Writer, Lyricist
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Movie · Theatre Play
The Career of Arturo Ui
Movie · Theatre Play
The Threepenny Opera
Movie · Book
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · Writer
Antigone
Movie · Theatre Play
La vie de Galilée
Movie · Author
Мещанская свадьба
Movie · Story
Der Mantel des Ketzers
Movie · Story
Mack the Knife
Movie · Original Story
Die Bestie
Movie · Story
The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Movie · Writer
Anna Firling's Roads
Movie · Theatre Play
Sade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı
Movie · Screenplay
Baal
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
Svatba
Movie · Theatre Play
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Movie · Writer, Theatre Play
No. 18: Mahagonny
Movie · Writer
Brecht and Co
Movie · Writer
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Movie · Story
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Movie · Writer
Herr Puntila And His Servant Matti
Movie · Theatre Play
Låt er inte förföras
Movie · Writer
The Life Story of Baal
Movie · Theatre Play
Das Leben des Galileo Galilei
TV · Writer · 2 eps
Der Hofmeister
Movie · Writer
O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
Movie · Theatre Play
Death of the Flea Circus Director
Movie · Theatre Play
Galileo
Movie · Theatre Play
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar
Movie · Novel
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
Movie · Writer
Mahagonny
Movie · Writer, Lyricist
Mr. Puntilla and His Man Matti
Movie · Author
The Good Person of Szechwan
Movie · Theatre Play
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
Movie · Adaptation
History Lessons
Movie · Novel
Trummor i natten
Movie · Theatre Play
Arturo Ui
Movie · Novel
Bubny a trumpety
Movie · Theatre Play
Baal
Movie · Story
Schweik in World War II
Movie · Original Story
Im Dickicht der Städte
Movie · Writer
Regeln och undantaget
Movie · Writer
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
Movie · Writer
The Shameless Old Lady
Movie · Novel
Life of Galileo
Movie · Theatre Play
BBC Play of the Month
TV · Theatre Play · 1 ep
The Life of Galileo
Movie · Theatre Play
Pušky paní Carrarové
Movie · Theatre Play
The Threepenny Opera
Movie · Lyricist, Writer
Kavkazský křídový kruh
Movie · Theatre Play
Leben des Galilei
Movie · Story
Księżyc z alabamy
Movie · Author
Mother Courage and Her Children
Movie · Story
Zadržitelný vzestup Artura Uie
Movie · Theatre Play
Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti
Movie · Theatre Play
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis
Movie · Author
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
Movie · Screenplay
Pušky paní Carrarové
Movie · Theatre Play
Song of the Rivers
Movie · Writer
Wilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
Movie · Lyricist
Leben des Galilei
Movie · Theatre Play
Hangmen Also Die!
Movie · Adaptation, Original Story
The Murderers Are Coming
Movie · Short Story
Schweik is Preparing For Battle
Movie · Lyricist
Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
Movie · Screenplay
The Threepenny Opera
Movie · Lyricist, Writer
A Man's a Man
Movie · Writer
The 3 Penny Opera
Movie · Story, Theatre Play
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
Movie · Writer