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Bertolt Brecht (1898–1956)

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... See full bio »

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(age 58) in Berlin, Germany

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2007 Great Performances (TV series)
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (2007) (book and lyrics by)
 
2004 Baal (TV movie) (play)
 
2004 Die Dreigroschenoper (TV movie) (libretto)
 
2003 Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (TV movie)
 
2003 Ensayo (TV series)
El monstruo (2003) (play "El monstruo")
 
2000 The Seduction of Angels (short) (poem "Über die Verführung von Engeln")
 
1998 Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1997 The Caucasian Chalk Circle (video) (play)
 
1996 Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (TV movie) (play)
 
1995 The Maiden and the Soldier (short) (song)
 
1995 Die Dreigroschenoper (TV movie) (text)
 
1994 A Ópera dos Três Vinténs (TV movie) (play)
 
1993 Mahagonnyn kaupungin nousu ja tuho (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1993 The Seven Deadly Sins (TV movie) (text)
 
1992 La vie de Galilée (TV movie) (play "Leben des Galilei")
 
1990 La bonne âme du Setchouan (TV movie) (play)
 
1990 Baal (TV movie)
 
1989 La bona persona del Sezuan (TV movie) (play)
 
1989 Der Mantel des Ketzers (TV movie) (original story)
 
1988 Die Bestie (TV movie) (original story)
 
1988 La bête féroce (short) (story)
 
1988 Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (TV movie) (play)
 
1987 Mãe Coragem e os Seus Filhos (TV movie) (play)
 
1986 Galeria oberta (TV series)
 
1986 Morfi kai periehomeno (short) (book Stories of Mr. Keuner)
 
1985 Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe (TV movie) (by)
 
1985 Die unwürdige Greisin (TV movie) (novel)
 
1985 Dorogi Anny Firling (TV movie) (play "Mother Courage and Her Children")
 
1985 A Boa Pessoa de Setzuan (TV movie) (play)
 
1985 Herr Puntila in Sri Lanka (documentary) (play "Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti")
 
1984 Det gode mennesket i Sezuan (TV movie)
 
1984 Actors en primer pla (TV series)
Aula Brecht (1984) (play)
 
1983 Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (TV movie) (play)
 
1982 La vie de Galilée (TV series) (play)
 
1982 Baal (TV movie)
 
1981 Die Mutter (TV movie) (play)
 
1980 Rettegés és ínség a harmadik birodalomban (TV movie) (play "Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches")
 
1980 Grand peur et misère du Troisième Reich (TV movie) (play)
 
1980 Germany Pale Mother (poem)
 
1980 Mahagonny (text)
 
1979 Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell (TV movie) (novel)
 
1979 Svejk toisessa maailmansodassa (TV movie) (play "Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg")
 
1979 The Metropolitan Opera Presents (TV series)
Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (1979) (libretto / text)
 
1979 Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (TV movie) (play)
 
1979 Brecht and Co (TV movie)
 
1979 Kaukasialainen liitupiiri (TV movie) (play "Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis")
 
1978 The Life Story of Baal (play "Baal")
 
1978 Das Leben des Galileo Galilei (TV movie) (play)
 
1978 Coriolan (TV movie)
 
1977 Tod und Auferstehung des Wilhelm Hausmann (TV movie) (novel)
 
1977 Teatro estudio (TV series)
 
1977 Lletres catalanes (TV series)
Mahagonny (1977) (text)
 
1977 Nepremozitelný nápis (short) (poem)
 
1977 Tentativa I (documentary short)
 
1976 Teatro Club (TV series)
 
1976 Pikkuporvarin seitsemän kuolemansyntiä (TV movie) (text)
 
1976 Laitapuolen lauluja (TV movie) (poems)
 
1976 Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (TV movie) (play)
 
1976 Charisma (short) (poem)
 
1976 Der Hofmeister (TV movie)
 
1975 Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar (TV movie) (play)
 
1975 Galileo (play)
 
1975 Schweik na Segunda Guerra Mundial (TV movie) (play)
 
1974 Ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein (TV documentary) (poem)
 
1974 Mahagonny (TV movie) (text)
 
1974 Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (TV movie) (play)
 
1974 Trouwfeest (TV movie) (play)
 
1973 BBC Play of the Month (TV series)
Caucasian Chalk Circle (1973) (play)
 
1973 Full House (TV series)
Episode dated 17 March 1973 (1973) (poem)
 
1973 Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (TV movie) (play)
 
1972 Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti (TV movie) (play)
 
1972 Bruiloft (TV movie) (novel & play)
 
1972 Die Dreigroschenoper (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1972 Geschichtsunterricht (novel "The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar")
 
1972 Plain-chant (TV series)
 
1971 Den jødiske hustru (TV short) (play)
 
1971 Retspleje (TV short) (play "Fear and Misery in the Third Reich")
 
1971 Stikkeren (TV short) (play "Fear and Misery in the Third Reich")
 
1971 Die Mutter (TV movie) (by)
 
1970 Het kleine Mahagonny (TV movie)
 
1970 Svejk i anden verdenskrig (TV movie) (play)
 
1970 Småborgerbryllup (TV movie) (play "Die Hochzeit")
 
1970 Aus unserer Zeit (segment "Die zwei Söhne")
 
1970 Baal (TV movie) (play "Baal")
 
1969 Eden ist fern (TV movie)
 
1969 Häät (TV movie) (play "Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit")
 
1969 Driestuiversopera (TV movie) (play)
 
1969 Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit (TV movie)
 
1969 Moeder Courage en haar kinderen (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 Im Dickicht der Städte (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 Rouva Carrarin kiväärit (TV movie) (play "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar")
 
1968 Die Gesichte der Simone Machard (TV movie) (play)
 
1968 De geweren van vrouw Carrar (TV movie) (one-act play "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar")
 
1968 Az élö Antigoné (TV movie)
 
1967 Mann ist Mann (TV movie) (play)
 
1967 Pauken und Trompeten (TV movie) (play)
 
1967 Der Prozeß der Jeanne D'Arc zu Rouen 1431 (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 Der gute Mensch von Sezuan (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 Die Tage der Commune (TV movie) (play)
 
1966 New York Television Theatre (TV series)
The Jewish Wife/The Informer (1966) (play The Jewish Wife" / play "The Informer)
 
1965 Poikkeus ja sääntö (TV movie) (play "Die Ausnahme und die Regel")
 
1965 La vieille dame indigne (short story)
 
1965 Fru Carrars gevär (TV movie) (play "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar")
 
1964 Flüchtlingsgespräche (TV movie)
 
1964 Camera Three (TV series)
Brecht on Shakespeare (1964) (story)
 
1963 Jedna od onih godina (TV movie) (play)
 
1962 The Life of Galileo (TV movie) (play)
 
1962 Three Penny Opera (libretto)
 
1961 Galileo (TV movie) (play "Leben des Galilei")
 
1961 Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg (TV movie) (play)
 
1960 Festival (TV series)
 
1959 Mother Courage and Her Children (TV movie) (play "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder")
 
1959 Het kruis van krijt (TV movie)
 
1958 Mother (documentary) (play)
 
1958 Unser Sandmännchen (TV series)
 
1958 Der kaukasische Kreidekreis (TV movie) (play)
 
1957 Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti (TV movie) (play)
 
1957 Katzgraben (play)
 
1955 Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (short) (play / screenplay - uncredited)
 
1953 Señora Carrar's Rifles (TV movie) (play)
 
1947 Leben des Galilei (short) (play)
 
1943 Hangmen Also Die! (adaptation / original story / as Bert Brecht)
 
1942 Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu (play "Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches")
 
1936 A Clown Must Laugh (uncredited)
 
1931 L'opéra de quat'sous (play "Die Dreigroschenoper" / as Brecht)
 
1931 The 3 Penny Opera (text by / as Brecht)
 
1931 A Man's a Man (short)
 
1923 The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop (short) (writer)
 
???? L'opera da tre soldi 1972-73 - regia di Giorgio Strehler - prove (TV documentary short) (play - uncredited)
 
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2013 Sola me ne vo... (TV movie) (writer: "Mackie Messer" - uncredited)
 
2011 Homenaje a Plácido Domingo (TV movie) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
2011 Gent de paraula (TV series)
Episode #1.20 (2011) (lyrics: "Mack The Knife")
 
2010 No me la puc treure del cap (TV series)
L'àguila negra (2010) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
2010 David Wants to Fly (documentary) ("Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit des menschlichen Strebens")
 
2010 Memòries de la tele (TV series)
Episode #4.17 (2010) (writer: "Moon of Alabama")
 
2009 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Episode #9.3 (2009) (writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
 
2009 A Prophet (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
2008 That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites (TV movie) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
 
2008 Dancing with the Stars (TV series)
Round 1: Part 3 (2008) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
 
2007 45 canciones esenciales (video) (lyrics: "Mackie el Navaja Mack the Knife")
 
2007 The Savages (writer: "Salomon-Song")
 
2006 Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice (TV series)
Grand Finale (2006) (lyrics: "Mack The Knife")
Las Vegas Special (2006) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
2006 Revolution (documentary) (lyrics: "Oppimisen ylistys", "Solidaarisuus")
 
2006 Volando voy (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
2005 Charlie Jade (TV series)
Dirty Laundry (2005) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
2004 Beyond the Sea (lyrics: "Mack the Knife" 1954 / as Berthold Brecht)
 
2004 Shark Tale (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
2003 Carnivàle (TV series)
Lonnigan, Texas (2003) (writer: "Army Song")
 
2001 One Night with Robbie Williams (TV special documentary) (lyrics: "Mack The Knife")
 
2001 Guileless Guile (short) (lyrics: "Denn wie Man sich bettet")
 
2001 IV premios Max de las artes escénicas (TV movie) (writer: "Bilbao Song")
 
2000 Mirrorball (TV short) (lyrics: "Alabama Song" - uncredited)
 
2000 What Women Want (writer: "Mack The Knife")
 
2000 Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams (video documentary) (writer: "Pirate Jenny")
 
2000 Lucky Numbers (writer: "Mack The Knife" / as Bert Brecht)
 
2000 Roswell (TV series)
Summer of '47 (2000) (lyrics: "Mack The Knife")
 
2000 The Seduction of Angels (short) (lyrics: "Über die Verführung von Engeln")
 
1999 Lo + plus (TV series)
Episode dated 19 October 1999 (1999) (writer: "La luna de Alabama")
 
1999 The Thomas Crown Affair (writer: "TANGO BALLAD")
 
1999 Swing (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1999 At First Sight (lyrics: "Mack The Knife")
 
1997 The Butcher Boy (writer: "MACK THE KNIFE")
 
1996 Poussières d'amour - Abfallprodukte der Liebe (documentary) ("Nana's Lied", "Youkali")
 
1995 Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man (TV series)
Married Alive (1995) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
 
1994 Quiz Show (writer: "MACK THE KNIFE", "MORITAT")
 
1993 Querida Concha (TV series)
Episode dated 9 May 1993 (1993) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
1992 Mystery Science Theater 3000 (TV series)
The Human Duplicators (1992) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1992 Love Potion No. 9 (writer: "MACK THE KNIFE" / as Bert Brecht)
 
1992 Back to the USSR - takaisin Ryssiin (lyrics: "Oppimisen ylistys Lob des Lernens")
 
1991 Shadows and Fog ("Prologue from the Seven Deadly Sins" 1934, "Alabama Song" 1930, "Moritat from the Three Penny Opera" 1928)
 
1991 The Doors (lyrics: "Alabama Song")
 
1990 Alice (writer: "Mack the Knife" 1928 / as Berthold Brecht)
 
1990 Get a Life (TV series)
The Sitting (1990) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1989 Dream Baby (TV movie) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited)
 
1989 Designing Women (TV series)
The Last Humorously-Dressed Bellboy in America (1989) (lyrics: "Mack The Knife")
 
1989 Kalliolle kukkulalle (TV documentary) (lyrics: "Merimieslaulu Matrosen lied")
 
1988 Another Woman (music: "The Bilbao Song" 1929 / as Bert Brecht)
 
1988 Johnny Be Good (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
1987 The Big Town (writer: "MORITAT")
 
1987 The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl (video documentary) (writer: "Alabama Song")
 
1984 Prisoner (TV series)
Episode #1.429 (1984) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1978 Bilbao (writer: "Bilbao Song")
 
1977 The 31st Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (writer: "Bilbao Song")
 
1976 Martine (TV series)
Episode #1.6 (1976) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1975 Sydämet saata hehkumaan (TV movie) (lyrics: "Oppimisen ylistys")
 
1969 Oma (TV movie) (lyrics: "Dialektiikan ylistys")
 
1967 Bobby Darin in London (TV movie) (writer: "Mack the Knife")
 
1965 Shindig! (TV series)
Episode #2.17 (1965) (lyrics: "Mack the Knife")
 
1965 Clara (short) ("Cancion de Jenny")
 
1962 Three Penny Opera (lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited, "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" - uncredited, "Der Morgenchoral des Peachum" - uncredited, "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?" - uncredited, "Der Kanonensong" - uncredited, "Hochzeitslied Bill Lawgwn und Mary Syer" - uncredited, "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?" reprise - uncredited, "Barbara-Song" - uncredited, "Von der Unsicherheit der menschlichen Verhältnisse" - uncredited, "To Be a Good Man" - uncredited, "Seeräuber-Jenny", "Zuhälter-Ballade" - uncredited, "Die Ballade von der sexuellen Hörigkeit" - uncredited, "Eifersuchts-Duett" - uncredited, "Ballade vom angenehmen Leben" - uncredited, "Salomon-Song" - uncredited, "Denn wovon lebt der Mensch" - uncredited, "Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens" - uncredited, "Verfolgt das Unrecht nicht zu sehr" - uncredited, "Mack the Knife" reprise - uncredited, "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" reprise - uncredited)
 
1961 Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg (TV movie) (lyrics: "Das Lied von der Moldau")
 
1931 The 3 Penny Opera ("Die Dreigroschenoper")
 
Show ShowMusic Department (7 titles)
2010 Kniven (short) (based on: lyrics by "Die Dreigroschenoper")
 
1990 Happy End (TV movie) (lyrics by)
 
1989 Mack the Knife (from the original lyrics by)
 
1977 Happy End (TV movie) (lyrics by)
 
1967 Gisela May singt Brecht (TV short) (lyricist)
 
1952 Frauenschicksale (lyricist)
 
Show ShowDirector (2 titles)
1931 A Man's a Man (short)
 
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1953 Señora Carrar's Rifles (TV movie) (supervisor)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2008 Theater of War (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Brecht-Gala: Ungeheuer oben! (TV movie)
Himself
 
2006 Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Burning Wall (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (TV series)
Himself
 
1971 Opernführer (TV series)
 
1970 Nach meinem letzten Umzug (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1944) Playwright: "The Private Life of the Master Race" See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie  | 3 Print Biographies  | 1 Article  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Bertold Brecht | Bert Brecht | Brecht
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

Why be a man when you can be a success? See more »

Trivia:

Although he did not divorce Marianne Zoff until 1927, they separated in 1923. He got to know Helene Weigel shortly after their separation. See more »

Trademark:

His thick Swabian accent See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius