Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

2016 1h 46m DE

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Synopsis

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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.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Josef Hader
Stefan Zweig
Barbara Sukowa
Friderike Zweig
Aenne Schwarz
Lotte Zweig
Tómas Lemarquis
Lefèvre
Valerie Pachner
Alix Störk
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Vitor D'Almeida
Naomi Krauss
Erna Feder
Cristina do Rego
Alzira Vargas

Credits

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Director: Maria Schrader
Writers: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg
Languages: German, French, English, Spanish
Countries: Austria, France, Germany

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ERA

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Released 10 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, French, English, Spanish.

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WORLD

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International production across 3 countries: Austria, France, Germany.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Maria Schrader, shot by Wolfgang Thaler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Tobias Wagner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Josef Hader and Barbara Sukowa and Aenne Schwarz carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt3397160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Maria Schrader directs. Wolfgang Thaler behind the camera. Tobias Wagner scores. Hansjörg Weißbrich cuts. Produced in Austria, France, Germany. Dialogue in German, French, English, Spanish.

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Things worth knowing

1Released 10 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 4 languages: German, French, English, Spanish.
3International production across 3 countries: Austria, France, Germany.
4Directed by Maria Schrader, shot by Wolfgang Thaler. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Tobias Wagner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Hansjörg Weißbrich shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Josef Hader and Barbara Sukowa and Aenne Schwarz carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt3397160 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 81 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Wolfgang Thaler
Original score: Tobias Wagner
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Production design: Silke Fischer
Costume design: Jürgen Doering
Makeup / hair: Monika Fischer-Vorauer
Runtime: 106 min · 1h 46m
Status: Released
Original language: DE
IMDB: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)

Awards

Civis Media Prize
European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film

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badelf2024-01-19
★ 7/10
"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 egomaniac that will tear down the republic that has served the country for 200 years.

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