Feature2016·106m·6.5

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

DramaHistory

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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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

Lenn Kudrjawizki

Samuel Malamud

Natalia Belitski

Mrs. Malamud

Charly Hübner

Emil Ludwig

Irina Potapenko

Paulina Koogan

Stephen Singer

Ben Huebsch

Ivan Shvedoff

Halpern Leivick

Robert Finster

Karl Hoeller

Benedikt Erlingsson

Halldor Laxness

Nicolau Breyner

Leopold Stern

Jane Chirwa

Maid

André Szymanski

Joseph Brainin

Gabriela Barros

Lady 1 Facenda

Details

Status
Released
Original language
German
Languages
German, French, English, Spanish
Budget
Revenue
Age rating
Quality
4K UHD · HDR10 · Dolby Vision
Production
ORFIdéale AudienceMaha ProductionsDor FilmX Filme Creative PoolARTE France Cinéma

Crew

Director

Maria Schrader

Writers

Jan Schomburg, Maria Schrader

Hansjörg Weißbrich

Editor

Jürgen Doering

Costume Design

Cornelius Renz

Original Music Composer

Tobias Wagner

Original Music Composer

Wolfgang Thaler

Director of Photography

Silke Fischer

Production Design

Gallery

Reviews

badelf

1/19/2024

7.0

"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.