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Brecht

2019

Heinrich Breloer

Documentary, Self: Burghart Klaußner, Tom Schilling, Adele Neuhauser ...

6.1

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Drama. Documentary Heinrich Breloer turns his attentions to the biography of the writer Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956). In a mixture of fiction and documentary, his film sketches a self-confident man who was nonetheless beset by doubts, full of a lust for life and vulnerability. Brecht’s art reflects his inner conflict and is closely linked to the political upheavals of the time. Following Brecht’s life from the beginning of World War I to his death, Breloer ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Jay Weissberg Variety	"[It] is exactly the kind of 'prestige' biopic one expects from public television (...) Yet extracts from a recent interview with actress Regine Lutz, her eyes lighting up with unfathomably rich memories."
		Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] seems oddly coy about exploring his political and artistic radicalism (...) Breloer provides a wealth of material but never quite breathes life into his charismatic, contradictory subject"

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