Vor der Morgenröte

[2016]: X-Filme Creative Pool Entertainment, Berlin / Idéale Audience, Paris / Maha Productions, München/Paris

Vor der Morgenröte [Before Dawn / Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe] is a color film drama which looks back on the life of exiled author Stefan Zweig. It portrays "the years of exile of the famous German writer, his inner struggle for the 'right attitude' towards the events in World War II Germany, and his search for a home in the new world". For a 28-page discussion of this film see: firstrunfeatures.com > presskits > stefanzweig > zweig_pk [stefan zweig - First Run Features]

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Languages: Available in German, French, English, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish

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Director: Maria Schrader

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Script writers: Maria Schrader and Jan Schomberg

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Major cast: Josef Hader (as Stefan Zweig), Barabara Sukowa (as Friderike Maria Zweig), Aenne Schwarz (as Lotte Zweig) et al.

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Runtime: 1 hour and 46 minutes

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Released in Germany on 2 June 2016; released in the United States on 12 May 2017

Some reviews:

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Berdi, Valerija / Renoldner, Klemens (Luxembourgish). "Invité am Moies-Magazin - Dr. Klemens Renoldner iwwert de Stefan Zweig" [Invited to the Morning Magazine - Dr. Klemens Renoldner on Stefan Zweig] in Radio 100,7 [Luxembourg City, Luxembourg], 11 January 2018, 10h30 - 10h45 AM. See: https://www.100komma7.lu/program/episode/186253/20180111221500/7 & https://www.100komma7.lu/podcast/186253

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Al-Bīk, Salīm (Arabic). "Sinīn [sic] al-manfā al-akhīrah li-l-kātib al-nimsāwī fī ʾl-Barāzīl : al-fīlm al-almānī «Stīfān Zfāygh: wadāʿan Ūrūbā»" [Stefan Zweig's Last Years of Exile in Brazil. The German Movie "Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe"], in: Al-Quds al-ʿarabī [The Arab Jerusalem] [London] No. ? [16 August 2016], p. ??. See: http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=582305

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Al-Bīk, Salīm (Arabic). "Stīfān Zfāygh: wadāʿan Ūrūbā» li-l-almāniyyah Māriyā Shrādir" ["Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe" by the German Maria Schrader], in: Salīm al-Bīk - kātib filasṭīnī min Sūriyā, riwāʾī wa-muḥarrir thaqāfī [Saleem Albeik - Palestinian Writer from Syria, Novelist and Feuilleton Editor] [Toulouse] [17 August 2016]. See: https://saleemalbeik.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/stefanzweigfarewelltoeurope/

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Citron, Cynthia. "Two extra ordinary Holocaust films: 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe' and 'Denial'" in San Deigo Jewish World [San Deigo, CA], 12 December 2016. See: http://www.sdjewishworld.com/2016/12/12/two-extraordinary-holocaust-films

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Citron, Cynthia. "MS: 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe' and 'Denial'" in Santa Monica Daily Press [Santa Monica, CA], 15 December 2016. See: http://smdp.com/ms-stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe-and-denial/158988

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Dillard, Clayton. "Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe" in Slant Magazine [Online publication. Edited by Ed Gonzales and Sue Cinquemani], 7 May 2017. See: http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe

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Fass, Tara. "'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe' Examines Life in Exile from Celebrated Insider to Outsider'Other" in Huffington Post [Guilford, CT], 2 December 2016. See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tara-fass/stefan-zweig-farewelltoeurope_b_13253874.html

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Fennessy, Kathy. "The Comforts of Exile in Wartime-Era, Stefan Zweig" in The Stranger [Seattle, WA], 16 June 2017. See: http://www.thestranger.com/slog/2017/06/16/25222247/the-comforts-of-exile-in-wartime-era-film-stefan-zweig

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Fox, Michael. "Holocaust looms large in Berlin & Beyond film festival" in The Jewish Weekly [San Francisco], 26 January 2017. See: http://www.jweekly.com/article/full/.../holocaust-looms-large-in-berlin-beyond-film-festival

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Fujishima, Kenji. "Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe" in Paste Magazine [Paste Media Group, New York], 12 May 2017. See: https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe.html

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Ghert-Zand, Renee. "Austria's Oscar contender explores exile's tragic effect on Jewish writer Stefan Zweig" in The Times of Israel [Jerusalem], 14 November 2016

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Gordon, Eric A. "Two remarkable journeys in film: Liyana and Stefan Zweig" in People's World [Chicago/New York], 27 June 2017. See: http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/two-remarkable-journeys-in-film-liyana-and-stefan-zweig

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Ḥassānayn, Aḥmad Muḥammad (Arabic). ""Stīfān Zfāyj, wadāʿan li-Ūrūbā": insān bilā waṭan huwa insān bilā mustaqbal" ["Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe": Someone without a Homeland Is like Someone without a Future], in: Nūn būst ["Noon" Post] [Doha?], 13 December 2017. See: https://www.noonpost.org/content/21148

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Kenny, Glenn. "Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe" in New York Times [New York], 10 May 2017. See: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/movies/stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe-review.html?_r=0

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Kempler, David. "Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe [Hello to Boredom]" in Big Picture Big Sound [Online series], 14 May 2017. See: http://www.bigpicturebigsound.com/Stefan-Zweig-Farewell-to-Europe.shtml

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Kilb, Andreas. "Die letzte Welt des Stefan Zweig: 'Vor der Morgenröte'" in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung [Frankfurt am Main], No. 127 [3 June 2016], p. 11. Contains a photograph of Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig

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Kruse, Birgir (Faeroese). "Stefan Zweig endar Filmsdagarnar" [Stefan Zweig Closes the Film Days] in birk. Birgir Kruse bloggar um miðlar, mentan og annað mangt [birk. Birgir Kruse, the Blog about Media, Culture and Much More] [Tórshavn], 24 September 2017. See: http://birkblog.blogspot.de/2017/09/stefan-zweig-endar-filmsdagarnar.html

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Marlowe, Lara. "The World Catches Up with Stefan Zweig's Vision" in The Irish Times [Dublin], 24 August 2016

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Muscionico, Daniele. "'Vor der Morgenröte'. Sternstunden der Verzeiflung" in Neue Zürcher Zeitung [Zürich], 18 August 2016

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Noh, David. "Farewell to Europe: Maria Schrader's Stefan Zweig biopic pays tribute to a great, nearly forgotten write" in Film Journal International [New York], 12 May 2017. See: http://www.filmjournal.com/features/farewell-europe-maria-schaders-stefan-zweig-biopic-pays-tribute-great-nearly-forgotten

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Noh, David. "Film Review: Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe" in Film Journal International [New York], 11 May 2017. See: http://www.filmjournal.com/reviews/film-review-stefan-zweig-farewell-europe

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Proyect, Louis. "The Radical Internationalism of Stefan Zweig" in Counterpunch [Petroia, CA / Online], 18 November 2016. See: http://www.counterpunch.org/2016/11/18/the-radical-internationalisim-of-stefan-zwe

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Qays, Wāʾil (Arabic), "Stīfān Zfāygh.. taʿriyat al-nafs al-bashariyyah ʿalā ruqʿat shaṭranj" [Stefan Zweig... the Uncovering of the Human Psyche on a Chessboard], in: ultraṣawt [s.l.], 04 August 2017. See: https://www.ultrasawt.com/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%BA-%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B9%D9%84%D9%89-%D8%B1%D9%82%D8%B9%D8%A9-%D8%B4%D8%B7%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%AC/%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%84-%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%B3/%D8%A3%D8%AF%D8%A8/%D8%AB%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A9

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Al-Rāfiʿī, Rāʾid (Arabic). "Stīfān Zfāygh... wadāʿ Ūrūbā" [Stefan Zweig... the Farewell from Europe], in: Al-Mudun: Jarīdah Iliktrūniyyah Mustaqillah [The Cities: Independent Electronical Newspaper] [Beirut?], 13 July 2016. See: http://www.almodon.com/culture/2016/7/13/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86-%D8%B2%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%BA-%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B9-%D8%A3%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A8%D8%A7

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Richards, Jonathan. "Stranger in paradise: 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe'" in Santa Fe New Mexican [Sante Fe, NM], 23 June 2017. See: http://www.santafenewmexican.com/pasatiempo/movies/movie-reviews/stranger-in-paradise-stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe/article_102f8d8b-7ed3-575a-aa7d-5...

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Rothe, E. Nina. "Peace is for the Brave: Maria Schrader's Stunning Austrian Entry to the Oscars 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe'" in The Huffington Post [New York City, NY], 15 November 2016. The Huffington Post is an American online news aggregator with local and international editions. See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/e-nina-rothe

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Schoder, Gabriele. "Nachtjahre eines großen Schriftstellers. Neu im Kino: Maria Schraders cineastisch und darstellerisch wunderbar gelungenes Stefan-Zweig-Porträt Vor der Morgenröte" in Badische Zeitung [Freiburg im Breisgau], 1 June 2016. Contains a photograph of Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig

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Swanson, Neely. "'Stefan Zweig - Farewell to Europe' - He won't be back" in Easy Reader News [Hermosa Beach, CA], 6 June 2017. See: http://www.easyreadernews.com/149812/

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Turan, Kenneth. "'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe' beautifully captures the mysterious life of the once-famed author" in Los Angeles Times [Los Angeles, CA], 15 June 2017. See: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-stefan-zweig-farewell-review

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Van Hoeij, Boyd. "'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe' (Vor der Morgenroete)" in Hollywood Reporter [Hollywood, CA], 23 Augsut 2016

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Weidermann, Volker. "Sein Weltuntergang. Vor der Morgenrote: Maria Schrader erzählt von den letzten Jahren des Schriftstellers Stefan Zweig" in Der Spiegel [Hamburg], No. 22 [28 May 2016], p. 140. Contains a photograph of Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig and Aenne Schwarz as Lotte Zweig

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Zilberman, Alan. "'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe': Portrait of a writer in exile" in The Washington Post [Washington, DC], 8 June 2017. See: https://www.washingtonpost.com/goingoutguide/movies/stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe-portrait-of-a-writer-in-exile

Interview:

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bz-ticket. "'Detailreich und genau sein'. Ticket-Interview: Maria Schrader über ihr Stefan-Zweig-Porträt Vor der Morgenröte" in Badische Zeitung [Freiburg im Breisgau], No. 3 [9 June 2016], p. 12. Contains a photograph of Maria Schrader and one of Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig and Barbara Sukowa as Friderike Maria Zweig in New York

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Jeffries, Stuart. "'His suicide shocked the world': Maria Schrader on her Oscar-nominated film about Stefan Zweig" in The Guardian [London], 8 December 2017. Contains 5 photographs. See: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/08/farewell-to-europe-suicide-shocked-the-world-maria-schrader-on-her-oscar-nominated-film-about-stefan-zweig

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Jones, Kathleen B. [interviews Maria Schrader] "The World of Yesterday, Today: On Maria Schrader's 'Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe'" in Los Angeles Review of Books [Los Angeles, CA], 17 February 2017. See: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-world-of-yesterday-today-on-maria-schraders-stefan-zweig-farewell-to-europe/

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Tallarita, Andrea. "'Farewell to Europe'. An Interview with Director Maria Schrader" in PopMatters. An Interantional Online Magazine of Cultural Criticism [Chicago, IL], 5 May 2017. See: http://www.popmatters.com/feature/farewell-to-Europe-an-interview-with-director-maria-schrader/

Discussion:

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Fedor Konstantinov and Aleksandr Belobratov. "'Stefan Tsveig: Proshchanie s Evropoi'. Poslednie 24 chasa" [Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe. The Last 24 Hours]. The film "Stefan Tsveig: Proshchanie s Evropoi" was shown on 14 and 20 June 2017 during the Moskovskii Evreiskii Kinofestival' [The Moscow Jewish Film Festival, 12-20 June 2017] and the Konstantinov/Belobratov discussion was held on 14 June