Synopses & Reviews
Friends, Colleagues, Collaborators contains Bertolt Brecht and Fritz Langs never-before published German-language scenario 437, a treatment for what would eventually become Langs classic anti-Nazi film
Hangmen Also Die. Brechts and Langs treatment clearly shows that their collaboration was far more intensive, and that Brechts influence on the film was more profound, than had previously been supposed. The text of 437 is accompanied by an introduction by James Lyon, the foremost expert on Brechts American period. Also included is an extensive interview with Eric Bentley, who helped introduce Brecht to America, plus an English-language version of Ekkehard Schalls memoir Lessons of a Brechtian Actor (Schall was Brechts son-in-law and one of the most important Brechtian actors in Germany). The other contributions to this volume revolve around Brecht and the sometimes controversial problem of artistic collaboration.
Distributed for the International Brecht Society
In English and German
About the Author
Stephen Brockmann, managing editor of The Brecht Yearbook, is associate professor of German at Carnegie Mellon University and the author of Literature and German Reunification.