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Erwin Piscator

Theatre Director / Film Director | * 12/17/1893 († 72, 03/30/1966) | Greifenstein (Germany)
Erwin Friedrich Maximilian Piscator (17 December 1893 – 30 March 1966) was a German theatre director and producer. Along with Bertolt Brecht, he was the foremost exponent of epic theatre, a form that emphasizes the socio-political content of drama, rather than its emotional manipulation of the audience or the production's formal beauty. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Documentaries

Awards & Nominations for Erwin Piscator

Commander's Cross of The Order of Merit of The Federal Republic of Germany Goethe-Plakette des Landes Hessen

TV Shows/Series with Erwin Piscator as Actor(1)

as Self (archive footage)2002 Das Jahrhundert des Theaters

Movies with Erwin Piscator as Crew(2)

Directing/Director1934 The Revolt of the Fishermen
Directing/Stage Director1927 Hoppla, wir leben

Full Name: Erwin Piscator
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Sunday, 12/17 1893 (December) in Greifenstein (Germany)
Died: Wednesday, 03/30 1966 (March) in Starnberg (aged: 72)
Zodiac sign: Sagittarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Snake)
Languages: German (DE)
Educated at: Gymnasium Philippinum Marburg
Spouses (current/former): Maria Ley-Piscator
Student of: Arthur Kutscher
Other names for Erwin Piscator (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"エルヴィン・ピスカトール" (Kana/Japanese)
Erwin Piscator frequently works together with these people:
Peter von Becker (2x, Crew)
Thomas Langhoff (1x, Crew)
Georgiy Grebner (1x, Crew)
Aleksei Dikij (1x, Actor)
Wolf Biermann (1x, Actor)
Curt Oertel (1x, Crew)
Anna Seghers (1x, Crew)
Willy Döll (1x, Crew)
Dmitri Konsovsky (1x, Cast)
Walter Ruttmann (1x, Crew)
Nikolai Gladkov (1x, Cast)
Sabrina Degenhardt (1x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:146799, Added: 07/03/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024