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The Simple Thing That Is Hard to Do S01E02

90 min 6 (Series)

German playwright Bertolt Brecht's last years, from his return to Germany in 1948 to his death in 1956.

Series Cast

Burghart Klaußner

Burghart Klaußner

Bertolt Brecht
Tom Schilling

Tom Schilling

Young Bertolt Brecht
Adele Neuhauser

Adele Neuhauser

Helene Weigel
Trine Dyrholm

Trine Dyrholm

Ruth Berlau
Lou Strenger

Lou Strenger

Young Helene Weigel
Bertolt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht

Himself (archive footage)
Petr Stach

Petr Stach

Singer and hurdy gurdy
Helmut Zhuber

Helmut Zhuber

Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard

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east germany docudrama playwright world war i berlin, germany 1920s communist writer exiled artist portrait of an artist government witch hunt musical theater 1930s 1910s 1950s 1940s nazism

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