Farewell - Brecht's Last Summer, The

Aroview: Prior knowledge of the life of playwright Bertolt Brecht (played by Josef Bierbichler) will enhance this accomplished chamber-drama, set at an idyllic lakeside dacha three days before his death in East Germany, 1956.

Counterposing Brecht’s complex family situation – present are his wife, daughter, several ex-mistresses and current lover – with political discussion and the ominous presence of the state police, the contradictions of The Man are unfussily evoked.

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