The Farewell

Name: The Farewell
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000
Duration: 91 min
Rating: 4.714

2000 · 91 min

Drama

★ 4.7

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A portrait of a single day in the late summer of 1956, toward the end of Bertolt Brecht's life, as he prepares to leave his lakeside home, surrounded by the women who form his extended family.

Crew

Director Jan Schütte
Writer Klaus Pohl
Director of Photography Edward Kłosiński

Cast

Josef Bierbichler
Bertolt Brecht
Monica Bleibtreu
Helene Weigel
Jeanette Hain
Käthe Reichel
Elfriede Irrall
Elisabeth Hauptmann
Birgit Minichmayr
Barbara Brecht
M
Margit Rogall
Ruth Berlau
Samuel Finzi
Wolfgang Harich
P
Paul Herwig
Manfred Wekwerth
T
Tilman Günther
Stasi-Offizier
R
Rena Zednikowa
Isot Kilian
Claudius Freyer
Peter Palitzsch

Crew

Director — Jan Schütte
Writer — Klaus Pohl
Director of Photography — Edward Kłosiński

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Intermission

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