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.
Cast
- Burghart Klaußner as Bertolt Brecht
- Tom Schilling as Young Bertolt Brecht
- Adele Neuhauser as Helene Weigel
- Trine Dyrholm as Ruth Berlau
- Lou Strenger as Young Helene Weigel
- Bertolt Brecht as Himself (archive footage)
- Petr Stach as Singer and hurdy gurdy
- Helmut Zhuber as Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard