The Farewell (2000)

Drama

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

Bertolt Brecht
Helene Weigel
Peter Palitzsch
Käthe Reichel
Elisabeth Hauptmann
Barbara Brecht
Ruth Berlau
Wolfgang Harich
Manfred Wekwerth
Stasi-Offizier
Isot Kilian

Crew

Director of Photography
Original Music Composer