Manfred Wekwerth
Directing · Director · Writer · Stage Director
Active 1957–present · Awards: Order of Karl Marx, Patriotic Order of Merit in Gold, National Prize of East Germany
Manfred Wekwerth was a German theatre and film director and writer. He was the director of the Berliner Ensemble theatre from 1977 to 1991. He was also an informant for East Germany's Stasi from 1965 until the German reunification.
Filmography
Die unheilige Sophia (1975) — DirectorZement (1973) — Director · WriterKatzgraben (1957) — DirectorMother Courage and Her Children (1961) — Director · WriterDie Mutter (1958) — DirectorHappy End (1977) — DirectorDas Leben des Galileo Galilei (1978) — DirectorOptimistische Tragödie (1971) — DirectorDer aufhaltsame Aufstieg des Arturo Ui (1974) — Stage DirectorJegor Bulytschow und die Anderen (1982) — DirectorDas Leben des Galileo Galilei (1978) — Director