The Farewell

1h 31m
Drama
4.2

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
Margit Rogall
Ruth Berlau
Samuel Finzi
Wolfgang Harich
Paul Herwig
Manfred Wekwerth
Tilman Günther
Stasi-Offizier
Rena Zednikowa
Isot Kilian
Claudius Freyer
Peter Palitzsch

Crew

Jan Schütte
Director
Klaus Pohl
Writer
Edward Kłosiński
Director of Photography
John Cale
Original Music Composer

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