Bertolt Brecht Movies

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

Animation of Bertolt Brecht's namesake poem recited by Mario Viegas

The Mysteries of a Hairdresser’s Shop describes the absurd goings-on of a by no means ordinary hair salon, where men with great beards wait in...

An allegorical documentary about the workers of the world, whose common destinies and hopes for peace are symbolically united by the rivers that run...

Directed by Judhajit Sarkar, it is a dark satire on the city’s notorious underbelly of crime and the nexuses which exist between a...

Based on the Bertolt Brecht play, the movie follows the farmer Puntila, who when he's sober is a real pig but whenever he gets drunk becomes very...

"Cause of Death Unknown" - Carola Neher (1900-1942) actress, singer and feminist. Brecht wrote the role Polly Peachum for her. She practiced boxing...

The city of Mahagonny, founded by three criminals, becomes a place for people looking for their luck or money. One among them is the lumberjack Jim...

Harry Smith’s final film; an epic four-screen projection. Smith worked on this cinematic transformation of Kurt Weill and Bertolt...

Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.

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

When the gods appear in disguise the only person who shows them hospitality is the young girl Shen Te and for this she is awarded by them. After a...

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...

John Dexter’s brilliant production, James Levine’s masterful conducting of the eclectic score, and a sensational cast come together to...

Brecht's play Fear and Misery of the Third Reich consists of a series of playlets, portraying National Socialist Germany of the 1930s as a land of...

An inexplicable showdown between two men and the downfall of a family that has moved from the prairies to the jungle of the big city.