The Farewell (2000)

★ 4.2/10 91 min Drama Germany, Poland German

Director: Jan Schütte

Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top 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