
S1·E2 – The Simple Thing That Is Hard to Do
2019-03-22 • 90 min
German playwright Bertolt Brecht's last years, from his return to Germany in 1948 to his death in 1956.
Cast

Burghart Klaußner
Bertolt Brecht

Tom Schilling
Young Bertolt Brecht

Adele Neuhauser
Helene Weigel

Trine Dyrholm
Ruth Berlau

Lou Strenger
Young Helene Weigel

Bertolt Brecht
Himself (archive footage)

Petr Stach
Singer and hurdy gurdy

Helmut Zhuber
Latin teacher Dr. Gebhard

Franz Dinda
Egon Monk

Laura de Boer
Isot Kilian

Maria Dragus
Regine Lutz

Ernst Stötzner
Caspar Neher