Brecht

In 1956, the year he passed away, Bertolt Brecht, a groundbreaking figure in theatre and a poet with a keen eye on society, reflects on his life in East Berlin. His journey begins with stirring provocations in Augsburg during World War I, followed by a period of poetic and romantic exploration in Munich and Berlin during the 1920s. He then recounts his flight from Hitler’s regime and his subsequent exile in the United States. In his later years, Brecht finds himself torn between being a timeless classic and a faltering advocate for the GDR, struggling to balance his identity as an unyielding free spirit and a compromised artist.