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Abschied - Brechts letzter Sommer (2000)
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Klaus Pohl (writer)
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14 September 2000 (Germany)
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An interesting family
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(Credited cast) | Josef Bierbichler | ... | Bertolt Brecht |
| Monica Bleibtreu | ... | Helene Weigel |
 | Jeanette Hain | ... | Käthe Reichel |
| Elfriede Irrall | ... | Elisabeth Hauptmann |
| Margit Rogall | ... | Ruth Berlau |
| Samuel Finzi | ... | Wolfgang Harich |
| Rena Zednikova | ... | Isot Kilian |
| Birgit Minichmayr | ... | Barbara Brecht |
| Tilman Günther | ... | Offizier der Staatssicherheit |
| Paul Herwig | ... | Manfred Weckwerth |
| Claudius Freyer | ... | Peter Palitzsch |
| Emanuel Spitzy | ... | Jungpionier |
| Slawomir Holland | ... | Offizier der Staatssicherheit |
| Piotr Kryska | ... | Fahrer der Staatssicherheit |
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| Ulrich Matthes | ... | Wolfgang Harig |
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Abschied (Germany) (working title)
Buckower Elegien (Germany) (working title)
Pozegnanie (Poland)
The Farewell (Canada: English title) (festival title)
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Buckower Elegien (Germany) (working title)
Pozegnanie (Poland)
The Farewell (Canada: English title) (festival title)
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I saw this movie as part of a series of films dealing with The Family. No, it wasn't sponsored by "Focus on The Family"! In that context it was a standout. Most of the audience (including myself) were less concerned about the film's historic accuracy than its portrayal of Brecht's "hareem" and the tensions that seem to always accompany such an arrangement. Brecht's poetry plays a role, but the politics seemed to be there just to set up tension between the two male leads. I thought the periodic shots of different members of the family swimming was an interesting way of showing escape. The device of setting the movie in a single day with the chiming clock to mark time was also effective. The violent end of the story, which you are set up for in the first few minutes, was very jarring nonetheless.