The Farewell
movie
Released May 14, 2000
Genres:
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
as
Bertolt Brecht
Monica Bleibtreu
as
Helene Weigel
Jeanette Hain
as
Käthe Reichel
Elfriede Irrall
as
Elisabeth Hauptmann
Birgit Minichmayr
as
Barbara Brecht
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Margit Rogall
as
Ruth Berlau
Samuel Finzi
as
Wolfgang Harich
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Paul Herwig
as
Manfred Wekwerth
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Tilman Günther
as
Stasi-Offizier
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Rena Zednikowa
as
Isot Kilian
Claudius Freyer
as
Peter Palitzsch
