Thomas Brasch
About
Biography
Filmography
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Biography
Raised in East Germany, Brasch spent two years in prison after protesting the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia. A noted dramatist, he moved to West Berlin in 1976 and has since written and directed three assured features.
Brasch's films have examined the lives of stage actors ("Domino" 1981) and expatriate film directors ("Welcome to Germany" 1988), often from a political perspective.
Filmography
Director (Feature Film)
Cast (Feature Film)
Writer (Feature Film)
Misc. Crew (Feature Film)
Life Events
1947
Immigrated to East Germany
1968
Sentenced to two-year jail term after protesting Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia
1971
Worked at the Brecht Archives
1974
Expelled from University job for "defamation of leading figures in the German Democratic Republic"
1976
Immigrated to West Germany
1978
First film credit (extracts from written works), "The All-Around Reduced Personality--Redupers"
1981
Feature film directing and writing debut, "Engel aus Eisen/Angels of Iron"
