Where to watch Bertolt Brecht in the UK
Find every Bertolt Brecht film and TV show streaming, free, or available to rent in the UK. Updated daily — verified 16 September 2026.
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known as Bertolt Brecht and Bert Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet. Coming of age during the Weimar Republic, he had his first successes as a playwright in Munich and moved to Berlin in 1924, where he wrote The Threepenny Opera with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill and began a lifelong collaboration with the composer Hanns Eisler. Immersed in Marxist thought during this period, Brecht wrote didactic Lehrstücke and became a leading theoretician of epic theatre (which he later preferred to call "…
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- BBC Play of the Month (1965) Theatre Play
- Brecht (2019) as Himself (archive footage)
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002) as Self (archive footage)
- Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- The Threepenny Opera (1963) Lyricist
- History Lessons (1972) Novel
- Marianne (2013) Writer
- Mack the Knife (1989) Original Story
- Das Leben des Galileo Galilei (1978) Writer
- The Threepenny Opera (1931) Lyricist
- The Threepenny Opera (2000) Book
- Hangmen Also Die! (1943) Adaptation
- O Gesto, a Festa, a Mensagem - Dois Mil Anos de Teatro (1976) Theatre Play
- National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera (2016) Musical
- Galileo (1975) Theatre Play
- Baal (1970) Story
- Schweik in World War II (1969) Original Story
- Mr. Puntilla and His Man Matti (1974) Author
- Trommeln in der Nacht (2018) Theatre Play
- Antigone (1992) Theatre Play
- Herr Puntila and His Servant Matti (1960) Writer
- Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932) Screenplay
- No. 18: Mahagonny (1980) Writer
- Brecht und das Berliner Ensemble (2019) as Himself (archive footage)
- Svatba (1981) Theatre Play
- Song of the Rivers (1954) Writer
- Carola Neher - Todesursache unbekannt (1990) as Self (archive footage)
- I Was, I Am, I Will Be (1974) Poem
- Der aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (1974) Writer
- Canção de Baal (2007) Lyricist
- Baal (1982) Writer
- The Life Story of Baal (1978) Theatre Play
- Theater of War (2008) as Self (archive footage)
- Germany Pale Mother (1980) Poem
- Der Hofmeister (1976) Writer
- The Caucasian Chalk Circle (1985) Writer
- The Life of Galileo (1964) Theatre Play
- Fear and Misery of the Third Reich (1981) Writer
- Im Dickicht der Städte (1968) Writer
- An den kleinen Radioapparat Original Story
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Most-watched Bertolt Brecht films currently: The Threepenny Opera (1963), History Lessons (1972), Marianne (2013), Mack the Knife (1989), The Threepenny Opera (1931).
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Selected TV credits: BBC Play of the Month (1965), Brecht (2019), Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002), Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (1975), Das Leben des Galileo Galilei (1978).
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