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In Paris, Dudow completed the film Seifenblasen, which he had begun working on in Berlin, and also staged Brecht's Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reichs. He also began working on his comedy Der Feigling .
Jun 20, 2021 · With the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of the Reich and the ensuing threat of political persecution by the Nazis, Slatan Dudow emigrated to Paris, where in 1934 he was able to complete his satirical film Seifenblasen (Soap Bubbles), which he had begun filming while still in Berlin and rescued from confiscation by the authorities ...
Dudow also directed eight scenes of Brecht’s Private Life of the Master Race, which premiered in Paris in 1938 under the title 99%, starring Helene Weigel and Ernst Busch. Because of his political work, Dudow was expelled from France in 1940 and fled to Switzerland, where he wrote comedies for theater.
One of the first works by acclaimed (East) German documentary director Volker Koepp, this portrait of filmmaker Slatan Dudow (1903-1963) follows his life and work in exile, painting a detailed picture of the Marxist artist.
One of the first works by acclaimed (East) German documentary director Volker Koepp, this portrait of filmmaker Slatan Dudow (1903-1963) follows his life and work in exile, painting a detailed picture of the Marxist artist.
Having fled to Paris after Hitler’s rise to power in Germany, the theatre director and filmmaker Slatan Dudow continued his political activism on stage, radio and screen in the French capital. In 1939-1940, he was expelled from France and took refuge in Switzerland.
Dudow's first film was an adaptation of Brecht's play Die Massnahme/ The Decision and led to a collaboration with Brecht, Kuhle Wampe/ To Whom Does the World Belong (1932). Expelled from Germany in 1933 as a communist, he moved to France, where he made the short Seifenblasen (1934), and then to Switzerland, where he wrote a number of plays.
