Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

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Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe

2017,

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Drama

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In 1936, author Stefan Zweig leaves Austria for South America to escape the specter of Nazism.

J. R. Jones

Chicago Reader

Jul 20, 2017

This intelligent biopic is kept aloft by Josef Hader's sensitive performance as the kind, gentlemanly Zweig.

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Michael Sragow

Film Comment Magazine

Jun 30, 2017

What's audacious and subtly seductive about Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe is Schrader's attempt to trace its hero's pacific charm through highly charged public and private moments.

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Leonard Maltin

leonardmaltin.com

Jun 15, 2017

I was mesmerized by this film--it's an exceptional piece of work, not to be missed.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Jan 23, 2024

5/10

Its more or less interesting when it intimately portrays the last days of the Austrian writer, but I fear that, at its dramatic core, there is an absence of verve that is prolonged by superfluous dialogues. [Full review in Spanish]

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Paula Vázquez Prieto

La Nación (Argentina)

Jul 23, 2018

The film could be thought of as an elegy in the form of letters sent from the cities that housed [Stefan Zweig] in America, from Buenos Aires to New York, until his final retreat in Brazil. [Full review in Spanish]

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Paula Arantzazu Ruiz

Cinemanía (Spain)

Jul 12, 2018

4/5

Subtle and extraordinary. [Full review in Spanish]

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Kylo R

May 29, 2017

A potentially fascinating subject turned into a dull, uninsightful, dreary movie. Zweig resents the efforts he has to make to secure visas for fellow intellectuals trapped in Nazi Germany. He takes no public stand, although he is quoted as saying "Every gesture of resistance which is void of either risk or impact is nothing but a cry for recognition." Seems to me that every gesture of resistance carries with it either risk or impact to some degree. Steig -- in this movie at least -- makes no such gesture beyond trying to find some comfortable way for himself as an exile. I am interested to read other audience reactions, and willing to admit if I've missed something.

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In 1936, author Stefan Zweig leaves Austria for South America to escape the specter of Nazism.

Director: Maria Schrader
Producer: Stefan Arndt, Pierre-Olivier Bardet, Danny Krausz, Denis Poncet, Olivier Père, Kurt Stocker
Screenwriter: Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg
Distributor: First Run Features
Production Co: arte France Cinéma, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft, X-Filme Creative Pool, Maha Productions, Arte, Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) [at], Ideale Audience International
Genre: Biography, History, Drama
Original Language: German
Release Date (Theaters): May 12, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 10, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $71.8K
Runtime: 1h 46m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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