Bertolt Brecht Movies
- 1980
Germany Pale Mother
Germany Pale Mother6.61980HD
Germany 1939. Hans and Lene marry the day before the war breaks out, and Hans is sent to the Eastern front. During a bombing raid their daughter Anna...
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- 1998
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny6.21998HD
Depicts the consumerism of the mythical city of Mahagonny, conveying all its ripe decadence. A Hollywood Babylon full of pyramidal towers, carved...
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- 1964
The Life of Galileo
The Life of Galileo01964HD
BBC version of Brecht's epic account of Galileo's persecution for his 'heretical' idea that the earth moved around the sun.
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- 1989
Der Mantel des Ketzers
Der Mantel des Ketzers01989HD
Based on a novella by Bertolt Brecht.
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- 1982
Baal
Baal4.6821982HD
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...
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- 2007
Canção de Baal
Canção de Baal22007HD
A marginal version of Brecht’s piece, “Baal”.
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- 2025
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar / Würgendes Blei02025HD
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- 1965
The Shameless Old Lady
The Shameless Old Lady6.81965HD
Madame Bertini, a newly widowed 70-year-old miser, has lived a sheltered life in squalour. She determines to venture into the modern world and have...
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- 1969
Schweik in World War II
Schweik in World War II01969HD
Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.
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- 1981
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich
Fear and Misery of the Third Reich01981HD
Film adaptation of Berthold Brecht's play of the same name, in which he depicts everyday life in Nazi Germany in loosely connected scenes.
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- 1974
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui01974HD
Hitler's seizure of power in 1933 and his rule in the years that followed are transferred to the North American criminal world of the 1930s in a...
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- 1979
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell71979HD
The "Astoria", an English luxury liner, collides with a freighter shortly before the end of its voyage and threatens to sink. Captain Mitchell,...
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- 1981
Svatba
Svatba01981HD
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- 1992
Antigone
Antigone6.0261992HD
A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian...
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- 1961
Mother Courage and Her Children
Mother Courage and Her Children7.251961HD
During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered...
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- 1980
No. 18: Mahagonny
No. 18: Mahagonny61980HD
Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...
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- 1966
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan61966HD
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- 2007
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny02007HD
- 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...
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- 2018
Trommeln in der Nacht
Trommeln in der Nacht02018HD
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- 1979
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny01979HD
John Dexter’s brilliant production, James Levine’s masterful conducting of the eclectic score, and a sensational cast come together to...
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