The Farewell

Released Jan 16, 2002

1h 33m

Drama

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71%

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14 Reviews

40%

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250+ Ratings

German playwright Bertold Brecht (Josef Bierbichler) invites friends, lovers and artistic collaborators to his summer house.

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Bilge Ebiri

Citysearch

The author's devotees will probably find it fascinating; others may find it baffling.

Jan 18, 2002

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John Anderson

Newsday

Intelligent, caustic take on a great writer and dubious human being.

Jan 16, 2002

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

The movie is full of fine performances, led by Josef Bierbichler as Brecht and Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel, his wife.

Rated: 3/4

Jan 16, 2002

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Marta Barber

Miami Herald

A gentle film about a lion of a man who, as a communist, was forced to leave Germany, lived almost penniless in Europe and America during the war and returned to his homeland in 1948.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 2, 2006

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Film Threat

Rated: 2.5/5

Dec 6, 2005

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

Rated: 2/5

Aug 21, 2005

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Audience Member

A little story that went now

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

This film is seductive in so many ways. It begins slowly and intertwines love affairs, politics, theatre, and bio in a complete tapestry. I cared about the characters and wanted to know more about each of them. That's very rare in nay film.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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A boring, bourgeois, posthumous, cowardly attempted hit-job on Brecht (even featuring him passing gas in company). Almost a petty, perverse, malicious, vengeful celebration of Brecht's death. Or rather a post-GDR German liberal/capitalist attempt to nullify/exorcise Brecht the communist devil. Perhaps most telling of all, the film falls far short of even approaching the power of any of Brecht's plays.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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The most important film known to man about the last days of Bertolt Brecht's life. Yeah, that Bertolt Brecht.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Jan Schutte

Director

Josef Bierbichler

Bertolt Brecht

Monica Bleibtreu

Helene Weigel

Samuel Fintzi

Wolfgang Harich

Margit Rogall

Ruth Berlau

Jeanette Hain

Käthe Reichel

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Synopsis

German playwright Bertold Brecht (Josef Bierbichler) invites friends, lovers and artistic collaborators to his summer house.

Director: Jan Schutte
Producer: Gesche Carstens, Henryk Romanowski, Jan Schutte
Screenwriter: Klaus Pohl
Distributor: New Yorker Films
Genre: Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 16, 2002, Wide
Box Office (Gross USA): $11.0K
Runtime: 1h 33m