Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

Released May 12, 2017

1 hr. 46 min.

Biography

History

Drama

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In 1936, author Stefan Zweig leaves Austria for South America to escape the specter of Nazism.

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Maria Schrader's film is a gem. She takes us on a beautiful, lyrical trip accompanying Stefan Zweig in the last six years of his life. Josef Hader is outstanding as Zweig, forced into being a refugee from Hitler's terror despite being the most popular German writer of his era. He was tormented by many things: leaving his home and friends; the guilt of being able to escape and live relatively well because of his fame, while most other German intellectuals and German Jews suffered far worse fates than his; and by the refusal of many people to accept his silence about politics, Hitler and war. Zweig would not protest from safety, for him that would be immoral. He refused to do what today we would call "virtue signaling".

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Nice biopic. Beautiful cinematography.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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A potentially fascinating subject turned into a dull, uninsightful, dreary movie. Zweig resents the efforts he has to make to secure visas for fellow intellectuals trapped in Nazi Germany. He takes no public stand, although he is quoted as saying "Every gesture of resistance which is void of either risk or impact is nothing but a cry for recognition." Seems to me that every gesture of resistance carries with it either risk or impact to some degree. Steig -- in this movie at least -- makes no such gesture beyond trying to find some comfortable way for himself as an exile. I am interested to read other audience reactions, and willing to admit if I've missed something.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Maria Schrader

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Josef Hader

Stefan Zweig

Barbara Sukowa

Friderike Zweig

Tómas Lemarquis

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J. R. Jones

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This intelligent biopic is kept aloft by Josef Hader's sensitive performance as the kind, gentlemanly Zweig.

Jul 20, 2017

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

What's audacious and subtly seductive about Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is Schrader's attempt to trace its hero's pacific charm through highly charged public and private moments.

Jun 30, 2017

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Leonard Maltin

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I was mesmerized by this film--it's an exceptional piece of work, not to be missed.

Jun 15, 2017

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Its more or less interesting when it intimately portrays the last days of the Austrian writer, but I fear that, at its dramatic core, there is an absence of verve that is prolonged by superfluous dialogues. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 5/10

Jan 23, 2024

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Paula Vázquez Prieto

La Nación (Argentina)

The film could be thought of as an elegy in the form of letters sent from the cities that housed [Stefan Zweig] in America, from Buenos Aires to New York, until his final retreat in Brazil. [Full review in Spanish]

Jul 23, 2018

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Juan Cruz Bergondi

EscribiendoCine

If it is a homage, it is just as measured as the character reconstructed in fiction. [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 7/10

Jul 13, 2018

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Synopsis

In 1936, author Stefan Zweig leaves Austria for South America to escape the specter of Nazism.

Director: Maria Schrader
Screenwriter: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg
Distributor: First Run Features
Production Co: Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Maha Productions, Arte, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) [at], Ideale Audience International, arte France Cinéma, X-Filme Creative Pool, Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $71.8K
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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