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Klaus Pohl (writer)
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14 September 2000 (Germany) more
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Cast

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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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Germany:6 | UK:15 (video rating) | UK:PG (original rating)
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An interesting family, 5 August 2004
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Author: Tomlonso

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.

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