90 minSeason 1 • Episode 2
LatestGerman playwright Bertolt Brecht's last years, from his return to Germany in 1948 to his death in 1956.
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.
Acting
Klaußner and Schilling merge into one magnetic, monstrous genius.
Direction
Breloer blends archive, drama, and Brecht's own ghost.
Production
Weimar decadence to Stalinist paranoia, impeccably recreated.
Creator
Heinrich Breloer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Real Brecht archive footage appears throughout, including his eerie 1956 funeral where East German officials turned a state critic into state property.
The series sparked controversy in Germany for depicting Brecht's mistreatment of women—a taboo previously protected by leftist hagiography.
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