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7:45 PM

Farewell to Europe

Stellar Moments of Humankind: The World of Stefan Zweig in Cinema

  • Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hongkong

  • In German, Russian, English, Portuguese, French and Spanish with English subtitles
  • Standard Price: HK$80; Offers and discounts available

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Germany, France, Austria | 2016 | 102 mins | DCP | Colour
In German, Russian, English, Portuguese, French and Spanish with English subtitles
Director Maria Schrader
Cast Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz
Awards People’s Choice Award, European Film Awards; Best Actor and Best Cinematography, German Film Critics Association Awards 2017
Festival Locarno International Film Festival 2016

"However far I went from Europe its fate came with me."

Maria Schrader tells episodically from the life of the world author, who at the height of his career has to leave Austria fleeing from the Nazis. Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York and Petrópolis are stations of his exile, which despite safe refuge, friendly reception and overwhelming nature do not let him find peace, cannot replace his homeland. Zweig as a desperate, driven man, always on the move, but without arrival. 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.

- Florian Widegger / Programme Director, Filmarchiv Austria
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