Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe (German: Vor der Morgenröte) is a 2016 internationally co-produced drama film directed and co-written by Maria Schrader. It was listed as one of eight films that could be the German submission for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not selected. However, it was later chosen as the Austrian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
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Cast
Josef Hader as Stefan Zweig
Aenne Schwarz as Lotte Zweig
Barbara Sukowa as Friderike Zweig
Tómas Lemarquis as Lefèvre
Lenn Kudrjawizki as Samuel Malamud
Charly Hübner as Emil Ludwig
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart as Vitor D'Almeida
Harvey Friedman as Friedman
Valerie Pachner as Alix Störk
Matthias Brandt as Ernst Feder
Ivan Shvedoff as Halpern Leivick
Daniel Puente Encina as Sadler
André Szymanski as Joseph Brainin
Reception
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 93% based on 29 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. On Metacritic, it has a weighted average rating of 75 out of 100, based on 8 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".