Manfred Wekwerth (né Weckwerth; 3 December 1929 – 16 July 2014) was a German theatre and film director and writer. He was the director of the Berliner...

returned to the Old Vic in a National Theatre production directed by Manfred Wekwerth and Joachim Tenschert with stage design by Karl von Appen. Anthony...

had become too formal a concept to be of use anymore. According to Manfred Wekwerth, one of Brecht's directors at the Berliner Ensemble at the time, the...

of the Nazi eugenics crimes Theo Fitzau (1923–1982), racing driver Manfred Wekwerth (1929–2014), stage and film director Gerhard Thielcke (1931–2007),...

Brecht's play of the same name. The play ran from 1959 to 1961, with Manfred Wekwerth and Peter Palitzsch directing, and stars Helene Weigel in the title...

Dreigroschenoper). Brecht's students Benno Besson, Egon Monk, Peter Palitzsch, and Manfred Wekwerth were given the opportunity to direct plays by Brecht that had not yet...

opera by Paul Dessau 1956–1959, to a libretto by Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth after the play Mr Puntila and his Man Matti by Brecht. It was premiered...

Manfred Wekwerth and Gisela May during rehearsals of Mother Courage and Her Children (1978)...

of the next generation of young directors and dramaturgs, such as Manfred Wekwerth, Benno Besson and Carl Weber. At this time he wrote some of his most...

Ludwig Renn, Johannes R. Becher, Otto Nagel, Willi Bredel, Konrad Wolf, Manfred Wekwerth and Heiner Müller. These two were merged on 1 October 1993 into the...

Ernst Kahler playing Pavel and Busch as Lapkin. After Brecht's death, Manfred Wekwerth revised that production at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm with a changed...

series) Wekwerth p.223 Cunningham p.158 John Cunningham. The Cinema of Istvan Szabo: Visions of Europe. Columbia University Press, 2014. Manfred Wekwerth. Daring...

itself first produced the play four months later, with Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth co-directing, and Ekkehard Schall as Arturo Ui. This production, "staged...

Hans Weidemann Alfred Weidenmann Helmut Weiss Ina Weisse Martin Weisz Manfred Wekwerth Arthur Wellin Wim Wenders Fritz Wendhausen Franz Wenzler Hans Werckmeister...

Szurmiej, 91, Polish actor and theatre manager (Jewish Theatre, Warsaw). Manfred Wekwerth, 84, German theatre director (Berliner Ensemble). Johnny Winter, 70...

In 1953, under the artistic direction of Bertolt Brecht himself, Manfred Wekwerth staged Die Mutter with Helene Weigel, Ernst Busch and Otto Tausig,...

Katzgraben Directed by Manfred Wekwerth, Bertolt Brecht Written by Erwin Strittmatter Release date 1957 (1957) Country East Germany Language German...

for Murderers, Victims and Others by Frank Günther, Heiner Müller, Manfred Wekwerth, and Thomas Brasch in various roles at Deutsches Theater Berlin (Director:...

Hellas ohne Götter Karl Gass Documentary, short Katzgraben Max Jaap, Manfred Wekwerth Friedrich Gnaß, Angelika Hurwicz Drama Television film, based on the...

17 March 1951 Puntila, 1956–1959, libretto by Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth after Brecht's play, 15 November 1966 Die heilige Johanna der Schlachthöfe...

World) with Heinz Schubert in the title role. He collaborated with Manfred Wekwerth for several plays. After Brecht's death on 18 August 1956, Palitzsch...

such as Heiner Müller, Christoph Schroth [de], Claus Peymann [de] and Manfred Wekwerth. He also wrote several scores for the documentary film director Volker...

Otto Nagel, 1956–1962 Willi Bredel, 1962–1964 Konrad Wolf, 1965–1982 Manfred Wekwerth, 1982–1990 Heiner Müller, 1990–1993 Paul Dessau (1957–62), Ernst Hermann...

with various directors including Christoph Schroth, Fritz Marquardt, Manfred Wekwerth, and Peter Zadek. In 1996, he performed at the Maxim Gorki Theater...

Die Mutter Directed by Manfred Wekwerth Bertolt Brecht Written by Maxim Gorky Release date 1958 (1958) Country East Germany Language German...

1961 Mother Courage and Her Children Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder Manfred Wekwerth, Peter Palitzsch East Germany 1961 Neue Kunst - neues Sehen Ottomar...

support of the Brecht heirs and the Central Committee of the SED, Manfred Wekwerth—who later was recognized as an “informal collaborator” of the Stasi—succeeded...

1974/75: Die unheilige Sophia, literary base, script with Manfred Wekwerth, director: Wekwerth 1976: Absage an Viktoria, literary base, script, director:...

(1954), Martin Hellberg's Thomas Müntzer and Peter Palitzsch and Manfred Wekwerth's film of Brecht's play, Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1961). Kaiser's...

Brecht Tilman Günther - Offizier der Staatssicherheit Paul Herwig - Manfred Wekwerth Claudius Freyer - Peter Palitzsch Emanuel Spitzy - Jungpionier Slawomir...