- Known For
- Writing
- Born
- February 10, 1898
- Place of Birth
- Augsburg, Germany
- Died
- August 14, 1956
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, …
Filmography
movieThe Good Person of Szechwan
2025 · Writer
movieDie Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei
2025 · Theatre Play
movieA Santa Joana dos Matadouros
2024 · Writer
movieThe Change of the Wheel
2024 · Novel
movieBertolt Brecht - Flüchtlingsgespräche
2022 · Lui-même
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins / Mahagonny Song Play - Teatro Alla Scala
2021 · Writer
movieThe Good Man from Szechuan
2020 · Writer
movieRules of the Assembly Line, at High Speed
2020 · Story
movieRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2019 · Writer
tvBrecht
2019 · Himself (archive footage)
movieBrecht und das Berliner Ensemble
2019 · Himself (archive footage)
movieTrommeln in der Nacht
2018 · Theatre Play
movieNational Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera
2016 · Musical, Lyricist
Marianne
movieMarianne
2013 · Writer
Alter Bahnhof Video Walk
movieAlter Bahnhof Video Walk
2012 · Writer
movieThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2011 · Lyricist, Writer
movieCorneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment
2009 · Novel
movieTheater of War
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
2007 · Book
movieCanção de Baal
2007 · Lyricist, Theatre Play
movieBrecht - Die Kunst zu leben
2006 · Self (archive footage)
movieBaal
2004 · Novel
movieLe cercle de craie caucasien
2002 · Author
tvDas Jahrhundert des Theaters
2002 · Self (archive footage)
The Threepenny Opera
movieThe Threepenny Opera
2000 · Book, Music
movieThe Seduction of Angels
2000 · Poem
movieThe Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1998 · Writer, Lyricist
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
movieThe Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1997 · Theatre Play
movieThe Career of Arturo Ui
1996 · Theatre Play
The Threepenny Opera
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1995 · Music, Book
movieThe Seven Deadly Sins
1993 · Writer
movieAntigone
1992 · Theatre Play
La vie de Galilée
movieLa vie de Galilée
1992 · Author
Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
movieCarola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt
1990 · Self (archive footage)
movieMack the Knife
1989 · Original Story
movieDer Mantel des Ketzers
1989 · Story
Мещанская свадьба
movieМещанская свадьба
1989 · Story
movieDie Bestie
1988 · Story
Der springende Punkt
movieDer springende Punkt
1987
movieThe Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985 · Writer
movieAnna Firling's Roads
1985 · Theatre Play
movieSade Vatandaş Şvayk Hitler'e Karşı
1984 · Screenplay
movieBaal
1982 · Writer, Theatre Play
movieFear and Misery of the Third Reich
1981 · Writer, Theatre Play
Svatba
movieSvatba
1981 · Theatre Play
movieGermany Pale Mother
1980 · Poem
No. 18: Mahagonny
movieNo. 18: Mahagonny
1980 · Writer
movieThe Tailor of Ulm
1980 · Poem
movieDie Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
1979 · Story
movieHerr Puntila And His Servant Matti
1979 · Theatre Play
movieRise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
1979 · Writer
movieBrecht and Co
1979 · Writer
movieThe Life Story of Baal
1978 · Theatre Play
movieLåt er inte förföras
1978 · Writer
movieDas Leben des Galileo Galilei
1978 · Writer
tvDas Leben des Galileo Galilei
1978 · Writer
movieO Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro
1976 · Theatre Play
Der Hofmeister
movieDer Hofmeister
1976 · Writer
tvFilm Emigration from Nazi Germany
1975 · Self (archive footage)
movieDeath of the Flea Circus Director
1975 · Theatre Play
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar
movieDie Gewehre der Frau Carrar
1975 · Novel
movieGalileo
1975 · Theatre Play
movieI Was, I Am, I Will Be
1974 · Poem
movieMahagonny
1974 · Writer, Lyricist
movieMr. Puntilla and His Man Matti
1974 · Author
movieDer aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
1974 · Writer
Dificuldade de Governar
movieDificuldade de Governar
1974 · Poem
movieThe Good Person of Szechwan
1973 · Theatre Play
movieThe Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
1972 · Adaptation
movieHistory Lessons
1972 · Novel
movieTrummor i natten
1972 · Theatre Play
Bubny a trumpety
movieBubny a trumpety
1970 · Theatre Play
movieBaal
1970 · Story
movieSchweik in World War II
1969 · Original Story
Im Dickicht der Städte
movieIm Dickicht der Städte
1968 · Writer
movieRegeln och undantaget
1968 · Writer
movieDer gute Mensch von Sezuan
1966 · Writer
tvBBC Play of the Month
1965 · Theatre Play
movieThe Shameless Old Lady
1965 · Novel
movieLife of Galileo
1965 · Theatre Play
The Life of Galileo
movieThe Life of Galileo
1964 · Theatre Play
Pušky paní Carrarové
moviePušky paní Carrarové
1963 · Theatre Play
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1963 · Lyricist, Writer
Kavkazský křídový kruh
movieKavkazský křídový kruh
1962 · Theatre Play
Leben des Galilei
movieLeben des Galilei
1962 · Story
movieMother Courage and Her Children
1961 · Story
Księżyc z Alabamy
movieKsiężyc z Alabamy
1961 · Author
movieHerr Puntila and His Servant Matti
1960 · Writer
Zadržitelný vzestup Artura Uie
movieZadržitelný vzestup Artura Uie
1960 · Theatre Play
movieDer kaukasische Kreidekreis
1958 · Author
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder
movieMutter Courage und ihre Kinder
1957 · Screenplay
Pušky paní Carrarové
moviePušky paní Carrarové
1955 · Theatre Play
movieSong of the Rivers
1954 · Writer
movieWilhelm Pieck - Das Leben unseres Präsidenten
1952 · Lyricist
movieLeben des Galilei
1947 · Theatre Play
movieHangmen Also Die!
1943 · Adaptation, Original Story
movieThe Murderers Are Coming
1942 · Short Story
movieSchweik is Preparing For Battle
1942 · Lyricist
movieKuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World?
1932 · Screenplay
movieA Man's a Man
1931 · Director, Writer
movieThe Threepenny Opera
1931 · Lyricist, Writer
movieThe 3 Penny Opera
1931 · Story, Theatre Play
movieThe Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop
1923 · Director, Writer