Directed by:
Maria SchraderCinematography:
Wolfgang ThalerComposer:
Tobias WagnerCast:
Josef Hader, Barbara Sukowa, Aenne Schwarz, Matthias Brandt, Charly Hübner, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Vincent Nemeth, Oscar Ortega Sánchez, Tómas Lemarquis (more)Plots(1)
Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, New York, Petrópolis: stages in the life of Stefan Zweig that could not replace his home country despite a hospitable reception and great recognition. The Jewish-Austrian writer and pacifist who foresaw Europe's decline at an early stage left his native country in 1934. He was never to return from exile. The film describes episodes from Zweig's years in North and South America: his first stay in Brazil, his participation in the P.E.N. Congress in Buenos Aires in 1936, his visit to New York in 1941 and his death in Petrópolis in the following year. This is where Zweig wrote his probably most famous work: The Royal Game. (Locarno Festival)
(more)Cast
![Josef Hader](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270503_52fc35.jpg)
Josef Hader
Austria
Best movies:
Arthur & Claire (2017)
Come Sweet Death (2000)
The Bone Man (2009)
![Barbara Sukowa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/720/168720710_jp3a8h.jpg)
Barbara Sukowa
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Europa (1991)
Voyager (1991)
![Aenne Schwarz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/338/163338661_3d2c45.jpg)
Aenne Schwarz
West Germany
Best movies:
Time You Change (2010)
Next Door (2021)
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
![Matthias Brandt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/731/168731651_zquggp.jpg)
Matthias Brandt
West Germany
Best movies:
Bliss (2012)
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
![Charly Hübner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/760/166760543_c7d4b3.jpg)
Charly Hübner
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
3 Days in Quiberon (2018)
Neger, Neger, Schornsteinfeger (2006) (TV movie)
![Lenn Kudrjawizki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/375/160375926_dddc4f.jpg)
Lenn Kudrjawizki
Soviet Union
Best movies:
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
![Vincent Nemeth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/525/161525596_4fb8c2.jpg)
Vincent Nemeth
Best movies:
Guilty (2011)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
A Bag of Marbles (2017)
![Oscar Ortega Sánchez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/633/159633557_979452.jpg)
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
West Germany
Best movies:
My Brother Simple (2017)
Short Sharp Shock (1998)
23 (1998)
![Tómas Lemarquis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/341/161341538_fc4809.jpg)
Tómas Lemarquis
Iceland
Best movies:
Frau Ella (2013)
Noi the Albino (2003)
Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
![Harvey Friedman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/500/162500917_65a65f.jpg)
Harvey Friedman
USA
Best movies:
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Valkyrie (2008)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
![Nahuel Pérez Biscayart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/606/158606475_6bf58c.jpg)
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Argentina
Best movies:
Persian Lessons (2020)
See You Up There (2017)
Blood Appears (2008)
![Ivan Shvedoff](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271738_035559.jpg)
Ivan Shvedoff
Soviet Union
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![André Szymanski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/605/161605934_e5b718.jpg)
André Szymanski
Best movies:
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Wolfsburg (2003)
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Nicolau Breyner
Portugal
Best movies:
According to Pereira (1996)
Lourdes: A Story of Faith, Science and Miracles (2000) (TV movie)
Night Train to Lisbon (2013)
![Naomi Krauss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/153/159153783_f7e7c2.jpg)
Naomi Krauss
Switzerland
Best movies:
Schwabenkinder (2003) (TV movie)
International (2009)
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
![Valerie Pachner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/020/160020258_355edd.jpg)
Valerie Pachner
Austria
Best movies:
A Hidden Life (2019)
Egon Schiele: Death and the Maiden (2016)
The King's Man (2021)
Maria Vieira
Portugal
Best movies:
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
The Gilded Cage (2013)
![Arthur Igual](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/599/165599045_2aa7d4.png)
Arthur Igual
Best movies:
Falcon Lake (2022)
Regular Lovers (2005)
Jealousy (2013)
Nathalie Lucia Hahnen
Germany
Best movies:
The German Friend (2012)
Nichts mehr wie vorher (2013) (TV movie)
Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (2016)
Márcia Breia
Portugal
Best movies:
The Portuguese Nun (2009)
Young Toscanini (1988)
Je m'appelle Bernadette (2011)