East Berlin, 1956. Bertolt Brecht, revolutionary of the theater and poet of the state, looks back: his exploits as a teenager during the World War I; his romantic adventures during the twenties; the escape of the Nazi regime; the return from exile. The life of a timeless classic, a class fighter, an indefatigable free spirit, a committed artist.

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As dawn breaks on April 25, 1915, ANZAC troops go into battle on the beaches of the Gallipoli penins...

Epic drama set in the summer of 1932 where India dreams of independence, but the British are clingin...

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