Bob Hoskins in a Brecht biopic? The casting alone is theatrical chaos.
Brecht's company of actors tells the story of Bertolt Brecht: his theatre, plays, poetry and his life.
Acting
Emrys James embodies Brecht with magnetic theatrical presence.
Direction
Vas lets the company dismantle the biopic form itself.
Writing
Meta-narrative that Brecht probably would've approved of.
Director
Robert Vas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Robert Vas was a Hungarian émigré who fled after the 1956 revolution, bringing his own political exile perspective to Brecht's story.
This was produced during a brief UK arts funding boom for experimental television, before Thatcherism gutted such projects.
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