Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
2h 31m
Running Time
February 10, 1961Release Date
Mother Courage and Her Children (1961)
2h 31m
Running Time
February 10, 1961Release Date
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Plot.
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 loses her three children as a result of the war: bold and spirited Eilif, sincere and upright Swiss Cheese and mute Katrin, who saves the children of Halle by beating a drum on a farmstead roof In wartime, the Fierling children's virtues prove to be deadly. Yet, Mother Courage, remains incorrigible. She will not have anyone "spoil the war" for her and so sets out once more after the soldiers with her wagon.
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Details.
Release DateFebruary 10, 1961
Original NameMutter Courage und ihre Kinder
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 31m
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Wiki.
Mutter Courage und ihre Kinder (Mother Courage and Her Children) is a DEFA film which documents the staging of Bertold Brecht's play of the same name from 1959 to 1961, which Manfred Wekwerth and Peter Palitzsch directed with the Berliner Ensemble, modelled after the original production by Bertolt Brecht and Erich Engel from 1949, with Helene Weigel in the title role. The film, made in the German Democratic Republic (GDR), received a prize at the Locarno Film Festival.