Screenplay: Bertolt Brecht

Top movies, series, and documentaries with a screenplay by Bertolt Brecht. Explore the titles that showcase an exceptional writing.


Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti

1979 · Movie · 112 min. · Finland

Direction Ralf Långbacka

Cast Lasse Pöysti · Pekka Laiho · Arja Saijonmaa · Martin Kurtén

Plot 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 generous. Puntila is...

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Death of the Flea Circus Director

1973 · Movie · 111 min. · Switzerland

Direction Thomas Koerfer

Cast François Simon · Paul Gogel · Norbert Schwientek · Janine Weill

Plot Ottocaro Weiss (the main character in the film) has a flea circus that, for external circumstances (insecticides), is out "actors". Then he decided to make a show about the bubonic...

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Baal (TV)

1982 · Movie · 64 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Alan Clarke

Cast David Bowie · Robert Austin · Jonathan Kent · Russell Wootton

Plot Baal is a young amoral rebellious poetic genius who, after a short and eventful life of debauchery, betrayal and violence, is about to cut his ties to the world and...

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The Threepenny Opera

1962 · Movie · 124 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)

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The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (TV)

1972 · Movie · 109 min. · United Kingdom

Direction Jack Gold

Cast Nicol Williamson · Sam Wanamaker · Peter Frye · Al Mancini

Plot The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Arturo Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.

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Unser Sandmännchen (TV Series)

1959 · Series · 10 min. · Germany - East Germany (GDR)

Direction Friedrich Rochow · Michael Albrecht · Gerhard Behrendt · Peter Blümel

Cast Josef Skupa · Barbara Augustin · Annemarie Brodhagen · Ingeborg Fülfe

Plot The Sandman's everyday life, travels and fantastic adventures. The character often showcased socialist technological achievements, such as the use of awe-inspiring vehicles like futuristic cars and flying devices.

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