STEFAN ZWEIG – FAREWELL TO EUROPE
2017 Films
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1h 46m
The years of exile in the life of Stefan Zweig, one of the most read German-language writers of his time, between Buenos Aires, New York and Brazil. As a Jewish intellectual, Zweig struggles to find the right stance towards the events in Nazi Germany, while searching for a home in the new world.
Directed by: Maria Schrader
Written by: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg
Produced by: Stefan Arndt, Uwe Schott, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Denis Poncet, Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker
Cinematography: Wolfgang Thaler
Editing: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Production Design: Silke Fischer
Costume Design: Jürgen Döring
Make-Up & Hair: Monika Fischer-Vorauer, Andreas Meixner
Original Score: Tobias Wagner
Sound Design: Kai Tebbel
Cast: Josef Hader (Stefan Zweig), Barbara Sukowa (Friderike Zweig), Aenne Schwarz (Lotte Zweig), Matthias Brandt (Ernst Feder), Charly Hübner (Emil Ludwig), André Szymanski (Joseph Brainin)
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