Bertolt Brecht
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10 February 1898, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
10 February 1898, Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany
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14 August 1956, East Berlin, East Germany. [now Berlin, Germany] (heart attack, pneumonia)
14 August 1956, East Berlin, East Germany. [now Berlin, Germany] (heart attack, pneumonia)
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Bertolt Brecht

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Filmography
Director:
1. Mann ist Mann (1931)...2. Mysterien eines...
Actor:
1. The Burning Wall (2002) .... Himself2. Nach meinem letzten Umzug (1970) .......
3. Jahrhundert des Theaters, Das (2002) .......



Trivia
- Frequently worked with Kurt Weill and Benno Besson.
- He had five children: Frank (b. 1919), (killed in action, November, 1943, in Russia), with Paula Banholzer; Hanne (b. 1923)( Hanne Hiob) , with Marianne Zoff; Stefan (b. 1924) and Barbara (b. 1930), with Helene Weigel; and an infant who died shortly after birth in 1944, with Ruth Berlau.
- His first wife Marianne was an opera singer.



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