Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

2016•1h 46m•6.6/10

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6.6/10(78)

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.

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Production

ORF, Idéale Audience, Maha Productions, Dor Film, X Filme Creative Pool, ARTE France Cinéma, ARTE, WDR, BR, ARD

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Josef Hader

Josef Hader

Stefan Zweig

Barbara Sukowa

Barbara Sukowa

Friderike Zweig

Aenne Schwarz

Aenne Schwarz

Lotte Zweig

Tómas Lemarquis

Tómas Lemarquis

Lefèvre

Valerie Pachner

Valerie Pachner

Alix Störk

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Vitor D'Almeida

Naomi Krauss

Naomi Krauss

Erna Feder

Cristina do Rego

Cristina do Rego

Alzira Vargas

Lenn Kudrjawizki

Lenn Kudrjawizki

Samuel Malamud

Natalia Belitski

Natalia Belitski

Mrs. Malamud

Charly Hübner

Charly Hübner

Emil Ludwig

Irina Potapenko

Irina Potapenko

Paulina Koogan

Stephen Singer

Stephen Singer

Ben Huebsch

Ivan Shvedoff

Ivan Shvedoff

Halpern Leivick

Robert Finster

Robert Finster

Karl Hoeller

Benedikt Erlingsson

Benedikt Erlingsson

Halldor Laxness

Nicolau Breyner

Nicolau Breyner

Leopold Stern

Jane Chirwa

Jane Chirwa

Maid

André Szymanski

André Szymanski

Joseph Brainin

Gabriela Barros

Gabriela Barros

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