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 re...
Burghart Klaußner
Bertolt Brecht
Tom Schilling
Young Bertolt Brecht
Adele Neuhauser
Helene Weigel
Trine Dyrholm
Ruth Berlau
Lou Strenger
Young Helene Weigel
Himself (archive footage)
Petr Stach
Singer and hurdy gurdy
Helmut Zhuber
Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard
Love Lasts or Does Not Last
The Simple Thing That Is Hard to Do