Summary
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.
Cast
Josef Hader
Stefan Zweig
Barbara Sukowa
Friderike Zweig
Aenne Schwarz
Lotte Zweig
Tómas Lemarquis
Lefèvre
Valerie Pachner
Alix Störk
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart
Vitor D'Almeida
Naomi Krauss
Erna Feder
Cristina do Rego
Alzira Vargas
Lenn Kudrjawizki
Samuel Malamud
Natalia Belitski
Mrs. Malamud
Charly Hübner
Emil Ludwig
Irina Potapenko
Paulina Koogan
Stephen Singer
Ben Huebsch
Ivan Shvedoff
Halpern Leivick
Robert Finster
Karl Hoeller
Benedikt Erlingsson
Halldor Laxness
Nicolau Breyner
Leopold Stern
Jane Chirwa
Maid
André Szymanski
Joseph Brainin
Gabriela Barros
Lady 1 Facenda
Harvey Friedman
Reporter Friedman
Matthias Brandt
Ernst Feder
João Cabral
Herr Mertinez
Virgílio Castelo
Macedo Soares
Jacques Bonnaffé
Georges Duhamel
Vincent Nemeth
Louis Piérard
Carla Vasconcelos
Claudia dos Santos
Alberto Ruano
Guest
João Lagarto
Claudio de Souza
Patrick Pinheiro
Young Couple Andrade
Márcia Breia
Gabriela Mistral
Franziska Traub
Frau Levy
Matamba Joaquim
Mendes
Arthur Igual
Antonio Aita
Luka Omoto
Young Couple Andrade
Lorna Ishema
Maid
João Didelet
Mayor Dos Santos
Sabrina Ceesay
Guest
Matthew Way
Domingo Melfi
Maria Vieira
Ana de Oliveira
Manuel Cortez
Maitre
Abraham Belaga
Abrahão Koogan
Nathalie Lucia Hahnen
Granddaughter
Manuel Wiborg
Commissar Rattes
Oscar Ortega Sánchez
Reporter Sanchez
Nicolas Buitrago
Giuseppe Ungaretti
Sarah Viktoria Frick
Suse Höller
Pedro Reichert
Photographer
Victor Pape-Thies
Adolfo Hirsch
Yvy Coe
Singing Man
Klaus Bobach
Photografer P.E.N. Congress - Buenos Aires
Isabel Leitão
Lady 2 Facenda
Daniel Sasportes
Driver
Ralf Harster
Herr Levy
Larissa Offner
Jandira Vargas
Daniel Puente Encina
Sadler
Ana Pinheiro
Dulce Morais
Miklail Ceita
Policeman Monteiro
Jefferson Preto
Mariana Senne
Lady with Hat
Yara Dib
Guest
Klemens Renoldner
Man asking for autograph
Patrice-Luc Doumeyrou
De Figuereido
Lillian Viegas
Maid
Petra Dietrich
Interpreter
Malou Jähnel
Maid
Suely Torres
Senhora de Souza
Ruben Chama
Assistant Doctor (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Writer
Maria Schrader
Writer
Jan Schomburg
Reviews
badelf
January 19, 2024
7
"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 and justice. That journey crushed him.
How ironic that, at the time I watch this film, the USA is on same cusp as that of 1930s Germany. On the verge of potentially electing an authoritarian racist egomaniac that will tear down the republic that has served the country for 200 years.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
German
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00
