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.
Director: Maria Schrader
Cast: Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Tómas Lemarquis, Valerie Pachner, Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, Naomi Krauss, Cristina do Rego
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"I'm starting to hate politics, because it's becoming the opposite of justice, because it betrays the word with the slogan. To be an intellectual means to be just, to summon up an understanding for one's counterpart and adversaries." Stefan Zweig, a brilliant and poetic writer, was exiled from Germany because he was Jewish. He spent his exile trying to navigate the labyrinth between politics a...
January 19, 2024
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.
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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 …
1h 46m
June 2, 2016
Maria Schrader
Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz
Drama, History
