The Farewell (2000)

4.7/10 • 91 min • Drama

Overview

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

Samuel Finzi

Wolfgang Harich

Claudius Freyer

Peter Palitzsch

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