It was written in 1941 It shows the rise of Arturo Ui, a fictional '30s Chicago mobster, and his attempts to control the cauliflower trust by destroying his rivals and anyone who gets in his way . brecht wrote it with Ui representing Hitler, his henchman Ernesto Roma representing Ernst Röhm, Emanuele Giri representing Göring, the Cauliflower Trust representing the Prussian Junkers, the fate of the town of Cicero standing for the Anschluss in Austria ect.
It is set Chicago in the 1930s, business is bad and the members of The Cauliflower Trust are moaning about their losses. Nobody, it seems, has any money, let alone any spare cash to buy cauliflower. Into this equation steps Arturo Ui, a local gangster seeking power, and here he sees an opportunity to hold sway over the city. But Ui is a paranoid sociopath, alternately swayed by the advice of his Lieutenant, Ernesto Roma and his partners(gangsters) giri and givola . As he begins to take a firm grip by threats and violence, Ui begins to see the possibilities of furthering his takeover not only on Chicago, but on towns and cities he decides are the best for picking, such as the little town of Cicero. Through political manoeuvring he murders, bombs and machine-guns his way to power - but then his psychosis begins to take hold, the whisperings of his henchmen leading him to think of betrayal in his own ranks..blood, sweat and tears.
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