Film

Farewell to the Parents

2017 · 1h 20m · Drama

IMDb

4.3

The film is based on the eponymous 1960 novel by author Peter Weiss. In this autobiographical text, the author describes the years of his childhood and youth in Germany in the 20s and 30s as well as the flight of his half-Jewish family from persecution by the Nazis. This odyssey also portrays the young first-person narrator’s struggle for his artistic existence, as he was striving to establish himself as a painter and writer. In a free, sensual essay between fiction and document, realistic description and stylised invention, the film attempts to kindle today’s flame based on the past’s, and to create a new and vibrant third work from it. (Locarno Festival)

Sven Dolinsky

Peter Weiss (narrator)

Peter Nestler

Voice of the father

Peter Nestler

Father (voice)

Selma Bindewald

Coline Cisar

Nora Conradi

Sven Horst

• Astrid OfnerWriter · Director
• Hans HurchWriter

Release date

August 20, 2017

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Drama