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The Farewell (2000)
Directed by Jan Schütte
Drama · 1h 31m
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.
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
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
- Original Music Composer
- John Cale
Details
- Original title
- Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer
- Release date
- 2000-05-14
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany, Poland