Working as a freelancer, Brecht thought he could work Hollywood so that itwould provide him with both a living and a platform for his ideas. But only oneof his more than screenplays made it into production—the ill-fated collaborationwith Fritz Lang, Hangmen Also Die.

Die beste Schule für Dialektik ist die Emigration. Die schrfsten Dialektiker sind die Flchtlinge.

—Bertolt Brecht, Flüchtlingsgespräche (1967, 14:1462)

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