

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
2016-06-02 · 106 min · ★ 6.5
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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Production details
- Directors
- Maria Schrader
- Production companies
- ORF, Idéale Audience, Maha Productions, Dor Film, X Filme Creative Pool, ARTE France Cinéma, ARTE, WDR, BR, ARD
- Countries
- Austria, France, Germany
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Josef HaderStefan Zweig
Barbara SukowaFriderike Zweig
Aenne SchwarzLotte Zweig
Tómas LemarquisLefèvre
Valerie PachnerAlix Störk
Nahuel Pérez BiscayartVitor D'Almeida
Naomi KraussErna Feder
Cristina do RegoAlzira Vargas
Lenn KudrjawizkiSamuel Malamud
Natalia BelitskiMrs. Malamud
Charly HübnerEmil Ludwig
Irina PotapenkoPaulina Koogan
Stephen SingerBen Huebsch
Ivan ShvedoffHalpern Leivick
Robert FinsterKarl Hoeller
Benedikt ErlingssonHalldor Laxness
Nicolau BreynerLeopold Stern
Jane ChirwaMaid
André SzymanskiJoseph Brainin
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