Bertolt Brecht Movies

Mise-en-scène, at the Comédie-Française, of La Vie de Galilée by Bertolt Brecht. This is the last staging by Antoine...

Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel...

A fearless Antigone, refusing to allow the dishonored body of her murdered brother Polynices to be devoured by vultures and dogs, defies the Thebian...

On the verge of professional breakthrough, a young Bertolt Brecht reflects on relationships.

About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the perfect soldier.

Based on the satirical anti-war comedy of the same name by B. Brecht.

Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.

The city of Mahagonny, founded by three criminals, becomes a place for people looking for their luck or money. One among them is the lumberjack Jim...

When the gods appear in disguise the only person who shows them hospitality is the young girl Shen Te and for this she is awarded by them. After a...

Based on a novella by Bertolt Brecht.

Baal, a young artist whom society regards as a genius, does not want to be monopolized by the culture and business.

Basing his work on documentary material, Andrew Thorndike tells the life story of Wilhelm Pieck: from young worker to fighter for the German working...

In the search for a single good person in the province of Sezuan, three gods finally find only poor street girl Shen Te, whom they reward with a...

- Recorded live at Los Angeles Opera, 1 & 4 March 2007. Welcome to Mahagonny, where sin is "in" and love is always on sale. This Old West boomtown...

Set in contemporary Rome, the film shows through a series of encounters with “ancient” Romans, how the economic and political...

A young man cruises through the nightly city. He meets people, silhouettes, strange and scary. They all end up in a dim night club.

The Mysteries of a Hairdresser’s Shop describes the absurd goings-on of a by no means ordinary hair salon, where men with great beards wait in...