The Farewell
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Jan Schuette
Tilman Gunther
Jeanette Hain
Birgit Minichmayr
Monica Bleibtreu
Elfriede Irrall
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer. Bertolt Brecht is about to leave his lakeside house among the tall birches in Brandenburg to return to Berlin for the upcoming theater season. Most of the women in his life are there: his wife Helene Weigel, daughter Barbara, the old lover Ruth Berlau, his latest flame, the nubile actress Kathe Reichel and the sensuous Isot Kilian, whose affections and body he shares with the rebel political activist Wolfgang Harich. They swim, write, eat, drink and philosophize about art, politics, the basic tenets of life - and throughout, the Stasi is there - lurking on the sidelines - waiting. Nostalgia and hope, jealousy and tenderness, betrayal and trust vie with one another during this final act of his life.
Director
Jan Schuette
Cast
Tilman Gunther
Jeanette Hain
Birgit Minichmayr
Monica Bleibtreu
Elfriede Irrall
Samuel Finzi
John Cale
Margit Rogall
Piotr Kryska
Paul Herwig
Josef Bierbichler
Emanuel Spitzy
Claudius Freyer
Rena Zednikowa
Slowomir Holland
Crew
Manfred Arbter
Marga B Bergschmidt
John Cale
Gesche Carstens
Agnieszka Chrusciel
Agata Deka
Stanislaw Gorecki
Bohdan Gracik
Filmfordrung Hamburg
Katarzyna Janus
Risa Kes
Edward Klosinski
Anja Kolehmainen
Eckhard Kuchenbecker
Kirsten Kunhardt
Tine M C Faber
Renate Merck
Tamas P. Nyerges
Lars Pinkofl
Klaus Pohl
Jerzy Radziwon
Henryk Romanowski
Andreas Schreitmuller
Jan Schuette
Susan Schulte
Joachim Von Mengerhausen
Rafal Waltenberger
Katharina Woeppermann
Katharina Woeppermann
Conny Ziesche
Iljia Zmiejew
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States May 2000
Released in United States November 2000
Released in United States on Video July 19, 2005
Released in United States September 2000
Released in United States Winter January 16, 2002
Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 10-21, 2000.
Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europe) November 1-16, 2000.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2000.
Released in United States Winter January 16, 2002 (NY)
Released in United States May 2000 (Shown at Cannes International Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 10-21, 2000.)
Released in United States on Video July 19, 2005
Released in United States September 2000 (Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 7-16, 2000.)
Released in United States November 2000 (Shown at London Film Festival (Cinema Europe) November 1-16, 2000.)
