Peter Weiss was born in Berlin in 1916 and settled in Sweden before the war. Apart from his writing, he was a well-known painter, theatrical and operatic producer and he directed m...ver másPeter Weiss was born in Berlin in 1916 and settled in Sweden before the war. Apart from his writing, he was a well-known painter, theatrical and operatic producer and he directed many films in Sweden. His dramatic reconstruction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials, The Investigation, is also available from Marion Boyars Publishers. He died in 1982.ver menos