Desc: Brecht - Die Kunst zu leben: Directed by Joachim Lang. With Paula Banholzer, Barbara Berg, Bertolt Brecht, Marianne Brün. He wanted to revolutionize theater practice and at the same time social awareness: Today Brecht, who was born in Augsburg in 1898 and died in East Berlin in 1956, is one of the most important playwrights of the 20th century.