The Farewell (2000)

The Farewell (2000)

It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer in 1956. Bertolt Brecht (Bierbichler) is about to leave his lakeside house among the tall birches in Brandenburg to return to Berlin for the upcoming theater season. Most of the women in his life are there: his wife, Helene Weigel (Bleibtreu); his daughter, Barbara; his old lover Ruth Berlau; his latest flame, the actress Käthe Reichel; and sensuous Isot Kilian, whose affections and body he shares with the rebel political activist Wolfgang Harich. The friends and lovers swim, write, eat, drink, and philosophize about art, politics, and life as the Stasi lurks all the while on the sidelines, waiting. The serenity of the country on this summer day stands in marked contrast to the storm of jealousy and egomania, betrayal and dashed hopes at whose center Brecht is trapped, struggling to make plans for a future that fate will end only days later. A brilliant ensemble cast and music by John Cale complement this fascinating portrait of one of Germany's leading modern artists.

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Cast List

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

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