1970
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1 day ago · He is buried in the Dorotheenstadt Cemetery on Chausseestraße in the Mitte neighbourhood of Berlin, overlooked by the residence he shared with Helene Weigel. According to Stephen Parker, who reviewed Brecht's writings and unpublished medical records, Brecht contracted rheumatic fever as a child, which led to an enlarged heart , followed by life-long chronic heart failure and Sydenham's chorea .
2 days ago · Supporting cast members include Catherine Gowl as Helene and Mark August as Dr. Rauch, new characters in the Ball retelling. Gowl’s Helene Weigel (Bertoldt Brecht’s widow) is described as “a ghostly anomaly who’s dropped in to wrench this story in a different direction. But she too plays her parts as history demanded.”
2 days ago · His play begins in 1970 East Germany, where Helene Weigel, the real-life actor and founder of the Berliner Ensemble Theater Company, is staging her own version of “Caligari.” ... Weigel was a ...
3 days ago · A peça traz os anos de criação teatral de Helene, em especial no grupo Berliner Ensemble, sua ação política e o exílio de 15 anos em vários países. O monólogo, dirigido por Ariel Borghi ...
2 days ago · Laurence Olivier, Helene Weigel, Jeanne Moreau and many others are both examined in close-up and viewed in perspective against the giants of the past like Bernhardt and Salvini.
2 days ago · Made in Germany during the Weimar period, Metropolis is set in a futuristic urban dystopia and follows the attempts of Freder, the wealthy son of the city master, and Maria, a saintly figure to the workers, to overcome the vast gulf separating the classes in their city and bring the workers together with Joh Fredersen, the city master.
3 days ago · It was here that Brecht experimented with actors on his own version of an epic theatre, including his play Mother Courage and her Children with wife Helene Weigel in the title role (1949).
