Mother
(Die Mutter)
Screening on Film
Directed by Manfred Wekwerth.
With Helene Weigel, Fred Düren, Erich Franz.
East Germany, 1958, 35mm, color, 147 min.
German with English subtitle.
With Helene Weigel, Fred Düren, Erich Franz.
East Germany, 1958, 35mm, color, 147 min.
German with English subtitle.
Bertoldt Brecht's grand epic of political theater, written in 1931, is an adaptation of Maxim Gorky's novel and tells the rousing story of an oppressed Russian woman who is transformed into a militant revolutionary. Filmed by DEFA, this production retains much of Brecht's original cast, and includes a landmark performance Weigel.
