Bertolt Brecht Movies

Based on a novella by Bertolt Brecht.

A filmed version of Brecht's Lehrstücke cycle; Der Jasager, Der Neinsager and the second version of Der Jasager.

The hardships faced by a woman trying to survive a bloody civil war while caring for the abandoned child of the deposed former ruler.

Baal is an amoral poetic genius who, after a life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to cut his ties to the world and meet his doom. A...

Set in contemporary Rome, the film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political...

A tory based on classical theatre play "Mother Courage and Her Children" by Bertolt Brecht.

He wanted to revolutionize theater practice and at the same time social awareness: Today Brecht, who was born in Augsburg in 1898 and died in East...

A television staging of the 1941 Brecht play, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui.

About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the perfect soldier.

Basing his work on documentary material, Andrew Thorndike tells the life story of Wilhelm Pieck: from young worker to fighter for the German working...

After the first world war Andreas returns to Berlin to find it in chaos after the fall of the empire. The main battle is between the Spartacists and...

Archive footage of bomb detonations during the Second World War combined with abstract graphic elements which show the destructive potential of...

On the verge of professional breakthrough, a young Bertolt Brecht reflects on relationships.

Based on a short story by Bertolt Brecht.

A television drama about a trial against a merchant who killed one of his employees.

- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown...

When the powerful of this world give a small scoundrel the opportunity to become a big scoundrel - how many opportunities there are for a funny...

The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.