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ABSCHIED
Synopsis
It is one of the last days of an exceptionally hot summer. Bertold Brecht is about to leave his lakeside house among the tall birches in Brandenburg to return to Berlin for the upcoming theater season. Most of the women in his life are there: his wife Helene Weigel, daughter Barbara, the old lover Ruth Berlau, his latest flame, the nubile actress Käthe Reichel and the sensuous Isot Kilian, whose affections and body he shares with the rebel political activist Wolfgang Harich. They swim, write, eat, drink and philosophize about art, politics, the basic tenets of life - and throughout, the Stasi is there - lurking on the sidelines - waiting.
Jan SCHÜTTE
Credits
- Jan SCHÜTTE - Director
- Klaus POHL - Screenplay
- Edward KLOSINSKI - Cinematography
- John CALE - Music
- Renate MERCK - Film Editor
- Katharina WÖPPERMANN - Set Designer
Actors
- Josef BIERBICHLER - Bertold Brecht
- Monica BLEIBTREU - Helene Weigel
- Samuel FINTZI - Wolfgang Harich
- Jeanette HAIN - Käthe Reichel
- Elfriede IRRALL - Elisabeth Hauptmann
- Margit ROGALL - Ruth Berlau
The Official Selection 2000
Un Certain Regard
- A LA VERTICALE DE L'ETE
- ABSCHIED
- ASI ES LA VIDA
- CAPITAES DE ABRIL
- DJOMEH
- EU TU ELES
- FAMOUS
- I DREAMED OF AFRICA
- JACKY
- LA SAISON DES HOMMES
- LE PREMIER DU NOM
- LISTA DE ESPERA
- LOST KILLERS
- NICHIYOBI WA OWARANAI
- OH! SOO-JUNG
- PREFERISCO IL RUMORE DEL MARE
- SAINT-CYR
- THE KING IS ALIVE
- THINGS YOU CAN TELL JUST BY LOOKING AT HER
- TIERRA DEL FUEGO
- WILD BLUE
- WOMAN ON TOP