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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)

02/06/2016 (AT)Drama, History1h 46m
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Before Dawn charts the years of exile in the life of famous Jewish Austrian writer Stefan Zweig, his inner struggle for the "right attitude" towards the events in war torn Europe and his search for a new home.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Josef Hader

      Josef Hader

      Stefan Zweig

    2. Barbara Sukowa

      Barbara Sukowa

      Friderike Zweig

    3. Aenne Schwarz

      Aenne Schwarz

      Lotte Zweig

    4. Tómas Lemarquis

      Tómas Lemarquis

      Lefèvre

    5. Valerie Pachner

      Valerie Pachner

      Alix Störk

    6. Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

      Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

      Vitor D'Almeida

    7. Naomi Krauss

      Naomi Krauss

      Erna Feder

    8. Cristina do Rego

      Cristina do Rego

      Alzira Vargas

    9. Lenn Kudrjawizki

      Lenn Kudrjawizki

      Samuel Malamud

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    A review by badelf

    7.0
    Written by badelf on Jan 19, 2024

    "I'm starting to hate politics, because it's becoming the opposite of justice, because it betrays the word with the slogan. To be an intellectual means to be just, to summon up an understanding for one's counterpart and adversaries." Stefan Zweig, a brilliant and poetic writer, was exiled from Germany because he was Jewish. He spent his exile trying to navigate the labyrinth between politics and justice. That journey crushed him. How ironic that, at the time I watch this film, the USA is on same cusp as that of 1930s Germany. On the verge of potentially electing an authoritarian racist ...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageGerman

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    Keywords

    • literature
    • biography
    • writer
    • third reich (iii reich 1933-45)
    • woman director