The Farewell

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.

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Josef BierbichlerBertolt Brecht

Monica BleibtreuHelene Weigel

Jeanette HainKäthe Reichel

Elfriede IrrallElisabeth Hauptmann

Birgit MinichmayrBarbara Brecht

Margit RogallRuth Berlau

Samuel FinziWolfgang Harich

Paul HerwigManfred Wekwerth