Movie

The Farewell

Released: May 14, 2000 (2000)

Runtime: 91 minutes

Genres: Drama

A portrait of a single day in the late summer of 1956, toward the end of Bertolt Brecht's life, as he prepares to leave his lakeside home, surrounded by the women who form his extended family.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Elfriede Irrall as Elisabeth Hauptmann
Age at release: 62
Monica Bleibtreu as Helene Weigel
Age at release: 56
Josef Bierbichler as Bertolt Brecht
Age at release: 52
Samuel Finzi as Wolfgang Harich
Age at release: 34
Jeanette Hain as Käthe Reichel
Age at release: 31
Tilman Günther as Stasi-Offizier
Age at release: 31
Paul Herwig as Manfred Wekwerth
Age at release: 30
Birgit Minichmayr as Barbara Brecht
Age at release: 23
Margit Rogall as Ruth Berlau
Age at release: Unknown
Rena Zednikowa as Isot Kilian
Age at release: Unknown

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Claudius Freyer as Peter Palitzsch
Age at release: 38