Episodes

1. Love Lasts or Does Not Last

German playwright Bertolt Brecht's youth, from the World War I to his exile in 1933, pursued by the Nazi regime.

2. The Simple Thing That Is Hard to Do

German playwright Bertolt Brecht's last years, from his return to Germany in 1948 to his death in 1956.

Overview

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.

Details

Cast

Burghart Klaußner

Tom Schilling

Adele Neuhauser

Trine Dyrholm

Lou Strenger

Bertolt Brecht

Petr Stach

Helmut Zhuber