The Farewell

Plot

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.

  • Jan Schütte

    Director

  • Klaus Pohl

    Writer

  • Edward Kłosiński

    Director of Photography

  • 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

  • Runtime

    91 minutes

    Released

    2000-05-14

    Languages

    Deutsch

    Countries

    Germany

    Poland

    Sound

  • John Cale

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    38 days ago

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