The reknowned playwright best known for Three Penny Opera led a life of contradictions and stated that even after his death he would be difficult. Bruckner's playfully intellectual portrait explores the contradictions that characterized his complicated love affairs and political alliances. With actor Peter Bucholz as guide, we trace Brecht's flight to Denmark to escape the Nazis, then on to Sweden, Finland, the U.S., and finally back to Germany. His curious ménage with wife Helene Weigel, lover Ruth Berlau, and collaborator Margarete Steffin is given new clarity through the recollections of Danish actress Astrid Henning-Jensen. Equally illuminated are Brecht's political loyalties which kept him defending Stalinism even after the excesses of the regime were made clear. Not wanting to smother Brecht with a single-minded critique, Bruckner adds further contradictions by questioning her own observations. To Bruckner's credit, Brecht remains difficult to this day.