
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Jun 02 2016
•2h 46m
•Drama, History
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.
Cast
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Josef Hader
Stefan Zweig

Barbara Sukowa
Friderike Zweig

Aenne Schwarz
Lotte Zweig

Tómas Lemarquis
Lefèvre
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