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Brecht
Episode directors
Heinrich Breloer
East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I; his romantic adventures during the twenties; the escape of the Nazi regime; the return from exile. The life of a timeless classic, a class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit, a committed artist.
The story
East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I; his romantic adventures during the twenties; the escape of the Nazi regime; the return from exile. The life of a timeless classic, a class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit, a committed artist.
Cast
Burghart KlaußnerBertolt Brecht
Tom SchillingYoung Bertolt Brecht
Adele NeuhauserHelene Weigel
Trine DyrholmRuth Berlau
Lou StrengerYoung Helene Weigel
Bertolt BrechtHimself (archive footage)
Petr StachSinger and hurdy gurdy
Helmut ZhuberLatin teacher Dr. Gebhard
Mala EmdePaula Banholzer
Franz HartwigYoung Caspar Neher
Markus HeringBrecht's Father
Kerstin ThielemannMarie Röcker
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Stella AdorfSophie Brecht
Thimo MeitnerWalter Brecht
Hannes WegenerDr. Lion Feuchtwanger
Friederike BechtMarianne Zoff
Filip ČápCamillus Recht
Manuel ZschunkeArnolt Bronnen
Jessica McIntyreMarta Feuchtwanger
Philipp SchenkerHerbert Jhering
Leonie BeneschYoung Elisabeth Hauptmann
Anatole TaubmanErnst Josef Aufricht
Oscar OlivoKurt Weill
Ole EisfeldHarald Paulsen
Paula BanholzerHerself (archive footage)
Franz DindaEgon Monk
Laura de BoerIsot Kilian
Maria DragusRegine Lutz
Ernst StötznerCaspar Neher
Matthias RheinheimerPaul Albert Krumm
Theo LingenHimself (archive footage)
Vincent RedetzkiMartin Pohl
Karolina HorsterKäthe Rülicke
Michal DudekPalitzsch
Anna HerrmannKäthe Reichel
Marie Luise StahlAngelika Hurwicz
Jaroslava LaufenováElisabeth Hauptmann
Thomas MeinhardtWilhelm Girnus
Maximilian KlasManfred Wekwerth
Petra BučkováGerda Goedhart
Jan ŠantrochKamper
Götz SchubertErnst Busch
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