Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

writer, music department, director

Bertolt Brecht was born on Feb 10, 1898 in Germany. Bertolt Brecht's big-screen debut came with The 3 Penny Opera directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst in 1931. Bertolt Brecht is known for La vieille dame indigne directed by René Allio, Sylvie stars as Madame Berthe Bertini and Malka Ribowska as Rosalie. The upcoming new movie Bertolt Brecht plays is Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film which will be released on Sep 13, 2018.

Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 in Augsburg, Germany and one of the country's most influential poets, playwrights and screenwriters. His most famous work was the musical "The Threepenny Opera" (with Kurt Weill), but his dramas such as "Mother Courage and Her Children" or "The Good Person of Sezuan" were equally successful. As he opposed the upcoming Nazi movement, he fled Germany in 1933 and finally emigrated to the United States. After testifying before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1947, he left Hollywood and returned to Europe. He settled down in East Germany, where he founded the famous "Berliner Ensemble" and became the state's intellectual hero. He died on 14 August 1956 in East Berlin.

  • Birthday

    Feb 10, 1898
  • Place of Birth

    Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany