Peter Weiss
Peter Ulrich Weiss was a German writer, painter, graphic artist, and experimental filmmaker of adopted Swedish nationality. He is particularly known for his plays Marat/Sade and The Investigation and his novel "The Aesthetics of Resistance".
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1916-11-08 · Nowawes, Berlin, Germany
- Died
- 1982-05-10
Known for
- The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (1967) — Original Story
- Study II: Hallucinations (1952)
- Memorandum (1967) — Himself - Playwright
- The Investigation (2024) — Theatre Play
- Study IV: Liberation (1955) — Director
- The Flamboyant Sex (1961) — Madame's lover
- Study I Awakening (1952)
- Study III (1953)
- Study V: Interplay (1955) — Editor
- Das Jahrhundert des Theaters (2002) — Self (archive footage)
- According to Law (1958) — Director
- Mirage (1959) — Director
- Ransakningen (1967) — Writer
- The Investigation (1966) — Writer
- Strange Walks In and Through and Out (1987)
- The Studio of Dr. Faust (1956) — Director