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On one of the last days of an exception-
ally hot summer in 1956, Bertolt Brecht
prepares to leave his tranquil lakeside
house in Brandenburg for Berlin and the
upcoming theatre season.
Most of the many women in his life are
there: his wife, daughter, old lovers and
latest flames, including a beautiful young
actress and a woman whose affections
and body he shares with her political activist husband.
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The serenity of the countryside stands in stark contrast to the deep, volatile emotions of the
characters: love and hatred, jealousy and egomania, betrayal and dashed hopes.
In Jan Schütte’s fascinating and absorbing film, Brecht, superbly played by Josef Bierbichler, struggles to make plans for a future that fate is about to cut short. |
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