Farewell, Joseph

Synopsis

Film director Andreas Kleinert belongs to the last generation of filmmakers that emerged in the former German Democratic Republic (GDR). Born in 1962, Kleinert's attitudes were shaped by the late 1970s, and particularly by the 1980s—a period of increasing disillusionment. He wrote his thesis on “Levels of Consciousness in the Film Poetry of Andrei Tarkovsky,” the late Soviet film director who made a name for himself in the pre-perestroika years with bleak films. As Kleinert completed his film academy studies with his graduation film, Leb' wohl, Joseph ( Farewell, Joseph, 1989), the Berlin Wall fell, heralding the collapse of the GDR. Kleinert won the main prize for his diploma feature film, Leb' wohl, Joseph, at the Munich International Festival for Film Schools. The next year, this remarkable black-and-white Kafkaesque film of cryptic symbols and enigmatic metaphors was invited to compete at Locarno.

Main Cast

Peter Prager

Joseph

Age : 72 | Popularity : 33%

Cornelia Schmaus

Frau

Age : N/A | Popularity : 6%

Peter Zimmermann

Freund

Age : 73 | Popularity : 11%

Christoph Engel

Alter Kollege

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Bärbel Bolle

Age : N/A | Popularity : 4%

Dorothea Mommsen

Age : 90 | Popularity : 0%

René Silkinat

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Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Kerstin Hensel Andreas Kleinert Sebastian Richter
Production	Producer	Andreas Hoffmann Ralph Lübben
	Production Manager	Jutta Garbas
Directing	Director	Andreas Kleinert
Crew	Cinematography	Sebastian Richter Jürgen Brauer
Editing	Editor	Sebastian Richter
Department	Role	Name

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