The Farewell
Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer
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.
Direction
Screenplay
Cast
Josef Bierbichler
Bertolt Brecht
Monica Bleibtreu
Helene Weigel
Jeanette Hain
Käthe Reichel
Elfriede Irrall
Elisabeth Hauptmann
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Margit Rogall
Ruth Berlau
Samuel Finzi
Wolfgang Harich
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Rena Dumont
Isot Kilian
Birgit Minichmayr
Barbara Brecht
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Tilman Günther
Offizier der Staatssicherheit
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Paul Herwig
Manfred Wekwerth
John Cale
Composer
Edward Kłosiński
Cinematographer