Jun 02, 2016
106 min
Full-HD

Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)

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.

Category

Drama History

Country

Austria France Germany

Companies

ORF Idéale Audience Maha Productions Dor Film X Filme Creative Pool ARTE France Cinéma ARTE WDR BR ARD

Josef Hader

Stefan Zweig

Barbara Sukowa

Friderike Zweig

Aenne Schwarz

Lotte Zweig

Tómas Lemarquis

Lefèvre

Valerie Pachner

Alix Störk

Nahuel Pérez Biscayart

Vitor D'Almeida

Naomi Krauss

Erna Feder

Cristina do Rego

Alzira Vargas

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