Helene Weigel

Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)

During the Thirty Years' War, the camp-follower Anna Fierling, called "Mother Courage", travels the length and breadth of Europe with her covered wagon. She does not care if it's Catholics or Protestants she trades with as long as business thrives. She los ...

Die Mutter (1958)

Katzgraben (1957)

Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (1957)

Set during the Thirty Years' War between 1624 and 1636, film tells the story of the sutler Anna Fierling, known as Mother Courage, who tries to make her fortune from the war and loses her three children in the process. ...

The Wind Rose (1957)

An international anthology about the struggles of female workers around the world. ...

My Child (1956)

The film is an appeal by the International Democratic Women's Federation against a new war, calling on all mothers of the world to protect their children. ...

Kuhle Wampe or Who Owns the World? (1932)

Kuhle Wampe takes place in early-1930s Berlin. The film begins with a montage of newspaper headlines describing steadily-rising unemployment figures. This is followed by scenes of a young man looking for work in the city and the family discussing the unpai ...

A Man's a Man (1931)

About a civilian who is press-ganged into a machine-gunner's squadron and transformed into the perfect soldier. ...

Leben des Galilei (1947)

Galileo, an eminent professor and scientist in the 17th century Venetian Republic, is short of money. A prospective student tells him about a novel invention, the telescope, that is being sold in Amsterdam. ...