The Farewell
May 14, 2000•1h 31m•★ 4.7
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.
Director
Jan SchütteWriters
Cast
Josef Bierbichler
Bertolt Brecht
Monica Bleibtreu
Helene Weigel
Jeanette Hain
Käthe Reichel
Elfriede Irrall
Elisabeth Hauptmann
Birgit Minichmayr
Barbara Brecht
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Margit Rogall
Ruth Berlau
Samuel Finzi
Wolfgang Harich
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Paul Herwig
Manfred Wekwerth
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Tilman Günther
Stasi-Offizier
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Rena Zednikowa
Isot Kilian
Claudius Freyer
Peter Palitzsch