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)
Direction Wolfgang Staudte
Cast Curd Jürgens · Hildegard Knef · Gert Fröbe · Hilde Hildebrand
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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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Shveyk vo vtoroy mirovoy voyne (TV)
1969 · Movie · 125 min. · Soviet Union (USSR)
Direction Alina Kazmina · Mark Zakharov
Cast Zinovi Vysokovsky · Natalya Zashchipina · Spartak Mishulin · Mikhail Derzhavin
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