The Farewell

4.7 2000 91 min
Drama

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.

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Director
Jan Schütte
Writer
Klaus Pohl

Cast

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

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