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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

2016

1h 46m

6.5(79 votes)

Drama

History

Overview

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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ORF

Idéale Audience

Dor Film

X Filme Creative Pool

ARTE France Cinéma

ARTE

WDR

ARD

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Maria Schrader
Written by: Jan Schomburg
Maria Schrader

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