Bertolt Brecht Net Worth

Bertolt Brecht Net Worth is
$1.4 Million

Bertolt Brecht Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Bertolt Brecht (/brɛkt/; German: [ˈbɛɐ̯tɔlt ˈbʁɛçt] (13px ); born About this sound Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht ; 10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956) was a German Marxist, poet, playwright, and theatre director.A theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter through the tours undertaken by the Berliner Ensemble – the post-war theatre company operated by Brecht and his wife, long-time collaborator and actress Helene Weigel.

Full NameBertolt Brecht
Date Of BirthFebruary 10, 1898, Augsburg, Germany
DiedAugust 14, 1956, East Berlin
Place Of BirthAugsburg, Bavaria, Germany
ProfessionWriter, Soundtrack, Music Department
EducationLudwig Maximilian University of Munich
SpouseHelene Weigel, Marianne Zoff
ChildrenStefan Brecht, Hanne Hiob, Frank Banholzer, Barbara Brecht-Schall
ParentsBerthold Friedrich Brecht, Sophie Brecht
SiblingsWalter Brecht
AwardsKleist Prize, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lyrics, Obie Award for Best Musical
NominationsTony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Original Score, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Revival, Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play
MoviesTo Whom Does the World Belong?
Star SignAquarius
#Trademark
1His thick Swabian accent
#Quote
1Why be a man when you can be a success?
2On his hometown Augsburg: "The best thing about Augsburg is the train to Munich."
3He who laughs has not yet heard the bad news.
#Fact
1His play, "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui," in a Minnesota Theatre Company production at the Mark Taper Forum Theatre in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1969 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Distinguished Production.
2Some of his most successful works are "Baal" (written in 1918), "The Treepenny Opera" (1928), "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagony" (1928/29), "Saint Joan of the Stockyards" (1929), "Fear and Misery in the Third Reich" (1935-1938), "Mother Courage and Her Children" (1939) and "The Good Person of Sezuan" (1940).
3His daughter Barbara Brecht-Schall currently holds the copyrights to all of his works.
4Studied medicine and worked briefly as an orderly in a Munich hospital during World War I.
5Was twice posthumously nominated for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1963, as author of Best Play nominee "Mother Courage and Her Children;" and in 1977, for his lyrics as part of a Best Score nomination for "Happy End," shared with Michael Feingold for his adaptation of Brecht's words.
6Spoke with a rasping Swabian accent. Thus, he recorded songs such as "The Ballad of Mecki Messer" from "Die Dreigroschenoper" (The Threepenny Opera).
7Although he did not divorce Marianne Zoff until 1927, they separated in 1923. He got to know Helene Weigel shortly after their separation.
8His first wife Marianne was an opera singer.
9He had five children: Frank Brecht (b. 1919), (killed in action, November, 1943, in Russia), with Paula Banholzer; Hanne Brecht (b. 1923)(Hanne Hiob), with Marianne Zoff; Stefan Becht (b. 1924) and Barbara Brecht-Schall (b. 1930), with Helene Weigel; and an infant who died shortly after birth in 1944, with Ruth Berlau.
10Frequently worked with Kurt Weill and Benno Besson.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Geschichtsunterricht1972novel "The Business Affairs of Mr. Julius Caesar"
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui1972TV Movie
Plain-chant1972TV Series 1 episode
Den jødiske hustru1971TV Short play
Retspleje1971TV Short play "Fear and Misery in the Third Reich"
Stikkeren1971TV Short play "Fear and Misery in the Third Reich"
Die Mutter1971TV Movie by
De zeven doodzonden van de kleine burgerman1970TV Movie play
Småborgerbryllup1970/ITV Movie play "Die Hochzeit"
Het kleine Mahagonny1970TV Movie
Svejk i anden verdenskrig1970TV Movie play
Småborgerbryllup1970/IITV Movie based on play
Aus unserer Zeit1970segment "Die zwei Söhne"
Baal1970TV Movie play "Baal"
Eden ist fern1969TV Movie
Häät1969TV Movie play "Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit"
Driestuiversopera1969TV Movie play
Die Kleinbürgerhochzeit1969TV Movie
Moeder Courage en haar kinderen1969TV Movie play
Vintovki Teresy Karrar1969TV Movie play
Az élö Antigoné1968TV Movie
Im Dickicht der Städte1968TV Movie play
Rouva Carrarin kiväärit1968TV Movie play "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar"
A Touch of Venus1968TV Series 1 episode
Die Gesichte der Simone Machard1968TV Movie play
De geweren van vrouw Carrar1968TV Movie one-act play "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar"
Mann ist Mann1967TV Movie play
Pauken und Trompeten1967TV Movie play
Der Prozeß der Jeanne D'Arc zu Rouen 14311967TV Movie play
Bertolt Brecht - gelesen und gesungen von Therese Giehse1967TV Movie
Der gute Mensch von Sezuan1966TV Movie play
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti1966TV Movie play
Dikt og sanger av Bert Brecht1966TV Short after his works
Vom armen B.B. - Hanns Ernst Jäger liest Gedichte von Bertolt Brecht1966TV Short
Die Tage der Commune1966TV Movie play
New York Television Theatre1966TV Series plays: The Jewish Wife" "The Informer - 1 episode
Poikkeus ja sääntö1965TV Movie play "Die Ausnahme und die Regel"
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder - Eine Chronik aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg1965TV Movie play
La vieille dame indigne1965short story
Fru Carrars gevär1965TV Movie play "Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar"
Bertolt Brecht: Übungstücke für Schauspieler1964Short plays
Flüchtlingsgespräche1964TV Movie
Camera Three1964TV Series story - 1 episode
Unntagelsen og regelen1964TV Movie based on play
Festival1964TV Series play - 1 episode
Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches1964TV Series
Jedna od onih godina1963TV Movie play
Festival1963TV Series play - 1 episode
Three Penny Opera1963libretto
The Caucasian Chalk Circle1962TV Mini-Series play - 3 episodes
Leben des Galilei1962TV Movie play
Fru Carrars børser1961TV Movie based on novel
Galileo1961TV Movie play "Leben des Galilei"
Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg1961TV Movie play
Q for Quest1961TV Series 1 episode
Mother Courage and Her Children1961play
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti1960folk play
World Theatre1959TV Mini-Series play "Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder" - 1 episode
Het kruis van krijt1959TV Movie
Mother1958Documentary play
Unser Sandmännchen1958TV Series stories - multiple episodes
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis1958TV Movie play
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti1957TV Movie play
Katzgraben1957play
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder1955Short play / screenplay - uncredited
Señora Carrar's Rifles1953TV Movie play
Leben des Galilei1947Short play
Hangmen Also Die!1943adaptation - as Bert Brecht, original story
Ubiytsy vykhodyat na dorogu1942play "Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches"
A Clown Must Laugh1936uncredited
Kuhle Wampe oder: Wem gehört die Welt?1932
A Man's a Man1931Short
L'opéra de quat'sous1931play "Die Dreigroschenoper" - as Brecht
The 3 Penny Opera1931story - as Brecht
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop1923Short writer
Die Dreigroschenoper2016TV Movie libretto
Marianne2013Documentary short writer
Concert per la llibertat2013TV Movie excerpts
Koldusopera2011TV Movie
Corneille-Brecht ou Rome l'unique objet de mon ressentiment2009Short text
Great Performances2007TV Series book and lyrics by - 1 episode
Baal2004TV Movie play
Die Dreigroschenoper2004TV Movie libretto
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder2003TV Movie
Ensayo2003TV Series play "El monstruo" - 1 episode
Câinele mort2002Short from play by
Le cercle de craie caucasien2002Video play by
Verführung von Engeln2000Short poem "Über die Verführung von Engeln"
Eleonora1999TV Movie texts - as Brecht
Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny1998TV Movie libretto
The Caucasian Chalk Circle1997Video play
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui1996TV Movie play
Karera Arturo Ui1996play
Die Dreigroschenoper1995TV Movie text
Tyttö ja sotamies1995Short song
The Seven Deadly Sins1993TV Movie text
A Ópera dos Três Vinténs1993TV Movie play
Mahagonnyn kaupungin nousu ja tuho1993TV Movie libretto
La vie de Galilée1992TV Movie play "Leben des Galilei"
Die Antigone des Sophokles nach der Hölderlinschen Übertragung für die Bühne bearbeitet von Brecht 1948 (Suhrkamp Verlag)1992play - as Brecht
Baal1990TV Movie
La bonne âme du Setchouan1990TV Movie play
La bona persona del Sezuan1989TV Movie play
Der Mantel des Ketzers1989TV Movie original story
La bête féroce1988Short story
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder1988TV Movie play
Die Bestie1988TV Movie original story
Santa Joana dels escorxadors1987TV Movie
Mãe Coragem e os Seus Filhos1987TV Movie play
Galeria oberta1986TV Series play - 1 episode
Morfi kai periehomeno1986Short book Stories of Mr. Keuner
Herr Puntila in Sri Lanka1985Documentary play "Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti"
Die Rundköpfe und die Spitzköpfe1985TV Movie by
Die unwürdige Greisin1985TV Movie novel
A Boa Pessoa de Setzuan1985TV Movie play
Dorogi Anny Firling1985TV Movie play "Mother Courage and Her Children"
Det gode mennesket i Sezuan1984TV Movie by
Actors en primer pla1984TV Series play - 1 episode
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis1983TV Movie play
La vie de Galilée1982TV Series play
Baal1982TV Movie
Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe1981TV Movie
Die Mutter1981TV Movie play
Mahagonny1980text
Rettegés és ínség a harmadik birodalomban1980TV Movie play "Furcht und Elend des Dritten Reiches"
Grand peur et misère du Troisième Reich1980TV Movie play
Zenés TV színház1980TV Series 1 episode
Die Rache des Kapitäns Mitchell1979TV Movie novel
Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti1979novel
Svejk toisessa maailmansodassa1979TV Movie play "Schweyk im Zweiten Weltkrieg"
The Metropolitan Opera PresentsTV Series libretto - 1 episode, 1979 text - 1 episode, 1979
Herr Puntila und sein Knecht Matti1979TV Movie play
Brecht and Co1979TV Movie
Kaukasialainen liitupiiri1979TV Movie play "Der Kaukasische Kreidekreis"
Coriolan1978TV Movie
The Life Story of Baal1978play "Baal"
Das Leben des Galileo Galilei1978TV Movie play
Tod und Auferstehung des Wilhelm Hausmann1977TV Movie novel
Teatro estudio1977TV Series play - 1 episode
Lletres catalanes1977TV Series text - 1 episode
Nepremozitelný nápis1977Short poem
Tentativa I1977Documentary short
Charisma1976Short poem
Der Hofmeister1976TV Movie
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis1976TV Movie play
Teatro Club1976TV Series play - 1 episode
Pikkuporvarin seitsemän kuolemansyntiä1976TV Movie text
Laitapuolen lauluja1976TV Movie poems
Turandot oder Der Kongreß der Weißwäscher1975TV Movie by
Die Gewehre der Frau Carrar1975TV Movie play
Galileo1975play
A Excepção e a Regra1975TV Movie play
Schweik na Segunda Guerra Mundial1975TV Movie play
Trouwfeest1974TV Movie play
Ich war, ich bin, ich werde sein1974TV Movie documentary poem
Mahagonny1974TV Movie text
Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui1974TV Movie play
Gospodin Puntila i yego sluga Matti1974TV Movie play
Der Tod des Flohzirkusdirektors1973play
BBC Play of the Month1973TV Series play - 1 episode
Introduction to Arnold Schoenberg's Accompaniment to a Cinematic Scene1973Documentary short text
Full House1973TV Series poem - 1 episode
Der kaukasische Kreidekreis1973TV Movie play
Giorgio Strehler mette in scena 'L'opera da tre soldi'1973TV Movie documentary play - uncredited
Herr Puntila och hans dräng Matti1972TV Movie play
Bruiloft1972TV Movie novel & play
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui1972TV Movie play
Die Dreigroschenoper1972TV Movie libretto

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Brahman Naman2016writer: "Alabama Song"
The Man in the High Castle2015TV Series writer - 1 episode
Strictly Come Dancing2014TV Series writer - 1 episode
Show Jana Krause2014TV Series music - 1 episode
Britain's Most Dangerous Songs: Listen to the Banned2014TV Movie documentary writer: "Mack the Knife"
Krueger: The Slasher from Elm Street2014Short writer: "Mack the Knife"
The World's End2013"Alabama Song Whisky Bar"
Vegas2013TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sola me ne vo...2013TV Movie writer: "Mackie Messer" - uncredited
Bait2012/IIIwriter: "Mack the Knife"
The Diamond Jubilee Concert2012TV Special lyrics: "Mack The Knife"
Pan Am2011TV Series writer - 1 episode
So You Think You Can Dance2011TV Series writer - 1 episode
Homenaje a Plácido Domingo2011TV Movie lyrics: "Mack the Knife"
Gent de paraula2011TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Jussi i våra hjärtan2011Documentary lyrics: "Die Seeräuber-Jenny Pirate Jenny"
No me la puc treure del cap2010TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Dexter2010TV Series writer - 1 episode
David Wants to Fly2010Documentary "Das Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit des menschlichen Strebens"
Memòries de la tele2010TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dancing with the Stars2009TV Series writer - 1 episode
A Prophet2009lyrics: "Mack the Knife"
Tales of the Black Freighter2009Video short writer: "Pirate Jenny" - as Berthold Brecht
The X Factor2007-2008TV Series writer - 2 episodes
That's Amore!: Italian-American Favorites2008TV Movie lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited
Dancing with the Stars2008TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
45 canciones esenciales2007Video lyrics: "Mackie el Navaja"
The Savages2007writer: "Salomon-Song"
Torvill & Dean's Dancing on Ice2006TV Series lyrics - 2 episodes
The 60th Annual Tony Awards2006TV Special writer: "The Ballad of the Pimp"
Kenen joukoissa seisot2006Documentary lyrics: "Oppimisen ylistys", "Solidaarisuus"
Volando voy2006lyrics: "Mack the Knife"
Charlie Jade2005TV Series writer - 1 episode
Beyond the Sea2004lyrics: "Mack the Knife" 1954 - as Berthold Brecht
Shark Tale2004writer: "Mack the Knife"
Singapore Idol2004TV Series writer - 1 episode
Cesko hledá SuperStar2004TV Series writer - 1 episode
Une vie à t'attendre2004writer: "Mack The Knife"
Carnivàle2003TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Idols2003TV Series writer - 1 episode
Chocolate com Pimenta2003TV Series writer: "Mack the Knife Moritat"
American Idol2003TV Series writer - 1 episode
Idool 20032003TV Series writer - 1 episode
Skeppsholmen2003TV Series writer - 1 episode
Deutschland sucht den Superstar2003TV Series writer - 1 episode
Pop Idol2002TV Series writer - 1 episode
One Night with Robbie Williams2001TV Special documentary lyrics: "Mack The Knife"
Guileless Guile2001Short lyrics: "Denn wie Man sich bettet"
IV premios Max de las artes escénicas2001TV Special writer: "Bilbao Song"
The Accountant2001Short writer: "Mack the Knife"
Verführung von Engeln2000Short lyrics: "Über die Verführung von Engeln"
Mirrorball2000TV Short lyrics: "Alabama Song" - uncredited
What Women Want2000writer: "Mack The Knife"
Marianne Faithfull: Dreaming My Dreams2000Video documentary writer: "Pirate Jenny"
Lucky Numbers2000writer: "Mack The Knife" - as Bert Brecht
Roswell2000TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Stars in Their Eyes1995-1999TV Series writer - 4 episodes
Lo + plus1999TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Thomas Crown Affair1999writer: "TANGO BALLAD"
Swing1999writer: "Mack the Knife"
Swiri1999writer: "Mack the Knife"
At First Sight1999lyrics: "Mack The Knife"
Seven Years in Tibet1997writer: "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer/The Ballad of Mack the Knife"
The Butcher Boy1997writer: "MACK THE KNIFE"
Poussières d'amour - Abfallprodukte der Liebe1996Documentary "Nana's Lied", "Youkali"
Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man1995TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Quiz Show1994writer: "MACK THE KNIFE", "MORITAT"
Querida Concha1993TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Mystery Science Theater 30001992TV Series writer - 1 episode
Love Potion No. 91992writer: "MACK THE KNIFE" - as Bert Brecht
Back to the USSR - takaisin Ryssiin1992lyrics: "Oppimisen ylistys Lob des Lernens"
Shadows and Fog1991"Prologue from the Seven Deadly Sins" 1934, "Alabama Song" 1930, "Moritat from the Three Penny Opera" 1928
Growing Pains1991TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Doors1991lyrics: "Alabama Song"
Alice1990writer: "Mack the Knife" 1928 - as Berthold Brecht
Get a Life1990TV Series writer - 1 episode
Derrick1990TV Series writer - 1 episode
Ute Lemper: A Concert from the 1989 Bath International Festival1989TV Movie writer: "Mack The Knife", "Surabaya Johnny"
Mack the Knife1989writer: "The Ballad of Mack the Knife", "Peachum's Morning Chorale Morning Anthem", "I Prefer Duet", "Wedding Song", "The Cannon Song", "Love Song", "Perpendicular Song Barbara Song", "Ballad of Sexual Dependency", "Uncertainity of Human Condition", "Polly's Song", "Pirate Jenny"
Dream Baby1989TV Movie lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited
Frank, Liza & Sammy: The Ultimate Event1989TV Special documentary lyrics: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited
Designing Women1989TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Kalliolle kukkulalle1989TV Movie documentary lyrics: "Merimieslaulu Matrosen lied"
Another Woman1988music: "The Bilbao Song" 1929 - as Bert Brecht
Johnny Be Good1988lyrics: "Mack the Knife"
The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl1987Video documentary writer: "Alabama Song"
The Bretts1987TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Big Town1987writer: "MORITAT"
Fame1987TV Series writer - 1 episode
No Comments1985Documentary lyrics: "Rauhanlaulu"
Porky's Revenge1985writer: "Mack The Knife" Instrumental
Palavras Ditas1984TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Prisoner1984TV Series writer - 1 episode
Happy Days1980TV Series writer - 1 episode
Top of the Pops1980TV Series writer - 1 episode
WKRP in Cincinnati1979TV Series writer - 1 episode
De Mike Burstyn show1978-1979TV Series writer - 2 episodes
The Muppet Show1979TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Good Old Days Part II1978TV Special writer: "Mack the Knife"
Bilbao1978writer: "Bilbao Song"
The 31st Annual Tony Awards1977TV Special music: "Bilbao Song"
Martine1976TV Series writer - 1 episode
Dolly1976TV Series writer - 1 episode
Sydämet saata hehkumaan1975TV Movie lyrics: "Oppimisen ylistys"
The Bobby Darin Show1973TV Series writer - 1 episode
Oma1969TV Movie lyrics: "Dialektiikan ylistys"
Red, White and Zero1967lyrics: "Resolution der Kommunarden"
Bobby Darin in London1967TV Movie writer: "Mack the Knife"
Music City USA1967TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The Danny Kaye Show1966TV Series writer - 1 episode
Clara1965Short "Cancion de Jenny"
Shindig!1965TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
Bandstand1965TV Series writer - 1 episode
Three Penny Opera1963lyrics: "Mack the Knife" uncredited, "Die Moritat von Mackie Messer" uncredited, "Der Morgenchoral des Peachum" uncredited, "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?" uncredited, "Der Kanonensong" uncredited, "Hochzeitslied Bill Lawgwn und Mary Syer" uncredited, "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?" reprise uncredited, "Barbara-Song" uncredited, "Von der Unsicherheit der menschlichen Verhältnisse" uncredited, "To Be a Good Man" uncredited, "Seeräuber-Jenny", "Zuhälter-Ballade" uncredited, "Die Ballade von der se
Schweyk im zweiten Weltkrieg1961TV Movie lyrics: "Das Lied von der Moldau"
Glenn Miller Time1961TV Series music - 1 episode
Bobby Darin and Friends1961TV Special writer: "Mack the Knife" - uncredited
La joie de vivre1959TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
The 3 Penny Opera1931"Die Dreigroschenoper"

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Kniven2010Short based on: lyrics by "Die Dreigroschenoper"
Happy End1990TV Movie lyrics by
Mack the Knife1989from the original lyrics by
Happy End1977TV Movie lyrics by
Happy End oder Wie ein kleines Heilsarmeemädchen Chicagos größte Verbrecher in die Arme der Gesellschaft zurückführte1972TV Movie lyrics by - as Bert Brecht
Gisela May singt Brecht1967TV Short lyricist
Frauenschicksale1952lyricist

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
A Man's a Man1931Short
The Mysteries of a Hairdresser's Shop1923Short

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Señora Carrar's Rifles1953TV Movie supervisor

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Dutta Vs. Dutta2012we thank

Archive Footage

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Von Caligari zu Hitler: Das deutsche Kino im Zeitalter der Massen2014DocumentaryHimself
Theater of War2008DocumentaryHimself
Brecht-Gala: Ungeheuer oben!2006TV MovieHimself
Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben2006TV Movie documentaryHimself
The Burning Wall2002DocumentaryHimself
Das Jahrhundert des Theaters2002TV SeriesHimself
Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland1975TV Series documentaryHimself
Nach meinem letzten Umzug...1972DocumentaryHimself
Opernführer1971TV Series

Known for movies

Source
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