The Farewell

91 mins
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.

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

Tilman Günther

Stasi-Offizier

Rena Zednikowa

Isot Kilian

Claudius Freyer

Peter Palitzsch

Jan Schütte

Director

John Cale

Original Music Composer

Edward Kłosiński

Director of Photography

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