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7:45 PM
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Film|German Film Forum - Dangerous Times
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Hong Kong Film Archive Cinema, Hong Kong
- Language In German with English Subtitles
- Price HK$60/30* full time students, senior citizens aged 60 or above and people with disabilities and minder and Comprehensive Social Security Assistance recipients.
- Part of series: German Film Forum - Dangerous Times
Director : Maria Schrader, Germany/France/Austria, 2016, 106 mins
Awards:
2017 Austrian Film Award – Best Makeup
2017 Bavarian Film Awards – Best Direction
Nominations:
2017 German Film Awards – Best Direction, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Farewell to Europe follows the life of the Austrian-Jewish writer Stefan Zweig, one of the most translated German-speaking writers of his era, during his exile from 1936 to 1942. Driven to emigrate at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig falls into despair at the prospect of Europe’s downfall – an outcome he had foreseen at an early stage. Zweig’s exile takes him to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York, and Petrópolis, but despite offering him safe refuge and an immersion in the riotous natural environment of the tropics, none of his stopping places will help him to find peace or to replace his true home. A visually stunning historical film about a great artist in a time when Europe was on the brink of calamity, this is the story of a refugee – a tale of losing one’s home and searching for a new one.
Awards:
2017 Austrian Film Award – Best Makeup
2017 Bavarian Film Awards – Best Direction
Nominations:
2017 German Film Awards – Best Direction, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Farewell to Europe follows the life of the Austrian-Jewish writer Stefan Zweig, one of the most translated German-speaking writers of his era, during his exile from 1936 to 1942. Driven to emigrate at the peak of his worldwide fame, Zweig falls into despair at the prospect of Europe’s downfall – an outcome he had foreseen at an early stage. Zweig’s exile takes him to Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York, and Petrópolis, but despite offering him safe refuge and an immersion in the riotous natural environment of the tropics, none of his stopping places will help him to find peace or to replace his true home. A visually stunning historical film about a great artist in a time when Europe was on the brink of calamity, this is the story of a refugee – a tale of losing one’s home and searching for a new one.
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Location
Hong Kong Film Archive Cinema
50 Lei King Road,
Sai Wan Ho (Exit A, Sai Wan Ho MTR station)
Hong Kong
China
50 Lei King Road,
Sai Wan Ho (Exit A, Sai Wan Ho MTR station)
Hong Kong
China
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