Vor der Morgenröte

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.

Overview

Genre Drama
Category Feature Film
Financing Minoritäre Koproduktion
Production DOR FILM Produktionsgesellschaft m.b.H.
Format DCP, 100 Min
Release 03.06.2016
Distribution FILMLADEN Filmverleih GmbH
Admissions 72.360
first run on ORF2 Austrian Broadcasting Service 15.09.2019
Zuseher*innen 110.000
Co-production X Filme (DE), Idéale Audience (FR)
International funding Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg, Mini Traité, Creative Europe Media (Entwicklungsförderung)

Details:

Orginal title Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe
Script Maria Schrader, Jan Schomburg
Director Maria Schrader
DOP Wolfgang Thaler
Editor Hansjörg Weissbrich
Sound engineer Philippe Garnier
Funding institutions Austria Filminstitut
Costume design Jürgen Döring
Set design Silke Fischer
Music Tobias Wagner
Cast Josef Hader (Stefan Zweig), Barbara Sukowa (Friderike Zweig), Aenne Schwarz (Lotte Zweig)
Production manager Martin Rohrbeck
Television investment ORF (Film/Fernseh-Abkommen), BR (incl. ARTE, WDR)
Film location Germany, Sao Tomé, Lisbon
Shooting time April - June 2015
Completion Spring 2016
Producer Austria Danny Krausz, Kurt Stocker