
Person
Peter Weiss
Acting · 1916–1982 · Nowawes, Berlin, Germany
Biography
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

Das Jahrhundert des Theaters
Self (archive footage)
The Flamboyant Sex
Madame's lover

Mirage
Director

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
Original Story

Study III
1953
According to Law
Director

Sightseeing
Writer

Anna Casparsson
Director

The Investigation
Theatre Play
Study II: Hallucinations
1952
Filmography
- 2024The InvestigationTheatre Play
- 2002Das Jahrhundert des TheatersSelf (archive footage)
- 1987Strange Walks In and Through and Out
- 1968SightseeingWriter
- 1967RansakningenWriter
- 1967MemorandumHimself - Playwright
- 1967The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de SadeOriginal Story
- 1966The InvestigationWriter
- 1961The Flamboyant SexMadame's lover
- 1961Ricke Langhammer - en narkomanDirector
- 1961Bag de ens facaderDirector
- 1961Tagning Öyvind FahlströmDirector
- 1960Anna CasparssonDirector
- 1960Tagning narkomanerDirector
- 1959MirageDirector
- 1958According to LawDirector
- 1958What Shall We Do Now?Director
- 1957Nothing UnusualDirector
- 1956The Studio of Dr. FaustDirector
- 1956Faces in the ShadowEditor
- 1955Study IV: LiberationDirector
- 1955Study V: InterplayEditor
- 1953Study III
- 1952Study II: Hallucinations
- 1952Study I Awakening
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