''Farewell'' (German: ''Abschied'') is a 1930 German

comedy drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Robert Siodmak Robert Siodmak (; 8 August 1900 – 10 March 1973) was a German film director who also worked in the United States. He is best remembered as a thriller specialist and for a series of films noirs he made in the 1940s, such as '' The Killers'' (19 ...

and starring

Brigitte Horney Brigitte Horney (, 29 March 1911 – 27 July 1988) was a German theatre and film actress. Best remembered was her role as Empress Katherine the Great in the 1943 version of the UFA film version of ''Baron Münchhausen'', directed by Josef von ...

Aribert Mog Aribert Mog (3 August 1904 – 2 October 1941) was a German film actor who played in a mixture of leading and supporting roles during the 1930s. He was a member of the Militant League for German Culture and the National Socialist Factory Cell Or ...

and

Emilia Unda Emilia Unda (January 29, 1879 – December 7, 1939) was Baltic German stage and film actress. She is best known for her role as the headmistress in the 1931 film '' Mädchen in Uniform''.Langford p.175 Unda was married to German architect Hugo ...

. It was shot at the

Babelsberg Studios Babelsberg Film Studio (german: Filmstudio Babelsberg), located in Potsdam-Babelsberg outside Berlin, Germany, is the second oldest large-scale film studio in the world only preceded by the Danish Nordisk Film (est. 1906), producing films since ...

Berlin Berlin is Capital of Germany, the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and List of cities in Germany by population, by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's List of cities in the European U ...

. The film's sets were designed by the art director

Max Knaake Max Knaake (1886–1968) was a German art director.Greco p.186 Selected filmography * ''La Boheme'' (1923) * ''Curfew'' (1925) * ''Battle of the Sexes'' (1926) * '' The Sporck Battalion'' (1927) * ''Hurrah! I Live!'' (1928) * '' The Sinner'' (19 ...

Plot

Peter Winkler and his fiancee Hella live together in Berlin, in a guesthouse called "Splendide", run by Mrs Weber. Peter and Hella seem to be the only happy people in the house, all others are misfits of various kinds. One day, Peter is offered a well paid position in Dresden. He is hoping that with greater professional success he will finally be able to marry Hella. In this joyful mood he tells the other guests about the news, but not Hella, who he wants to surprise. Unfortunately some of the guests can't keep a secret and so Hella learns of the news. She in turn doesn't tell Peter that she already had a dress and a hat reserved in a local store, without owning the required amount of money. In this difficult situation she borrowed the money from another male guest at the guesthouse. While Hella is picking up her stuff at the store, Peter learns that Hella borrowed the money and thinks she cheated on him. Without waiting for her return, he leaves the guesthouse, never to come back.

Cast

as Hella, retailer *

as Peter Winkler, traveling salesman *

as Mrs. Weber *

Konstantin Mic The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great. ...

as Bogdanoff *

Frank Günther Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Curr ...

as Neumann, master of ceremonies * Erwin Bootz as Himself *

Martha Ziegler Martha Ziegler (; 20 March 1899 – 2 December 1957) was a German actress. Life Martha Ziegler was born in the German Empire in Darmstadt on March 20, 1899. After completing her high school education, she attended drama school in Frankfurt, a ...

as Lina, maid-servant *

Vladimir Sokoloff Vladimir Aleksandrovich Sokoloff (russian: Влади́мир Алекса́ндрович Соколо́в; December 26, 1889 – February 15, 1962) was a Russian-American character actor of stage and screen. After studying theatre in Moscow, ...

as The Baron * Esmée Symon as 1st Lennox-Sister * Gisela Draeger as 2nd Lennox-Sister * Marianne Mosner as 3rd Lennox-Sister * Georg Nikolai *

Erwin Splettstößer Erwin may refer to: People Given name * Erwin Chargaff (1905–2002), Austrian biochemist * Erwin Dold (1919–2012), German concentration camp commandant in World War 2 * Erwin Hauer (1926–2017), Austrian-born American sculptor * Egon Erwin Kisc ...

* Bruno Hoenscherle * Daisy Rensburg

Release

The film premiered on 25 August 1930 in

External links

* 1930 films Films of the Weimar Republic 1930s German-language films German black-and-white films Films directed by Robert Siodmak UFA GmbH films 1930s romantic comedy-drama films German romantic comedy-drama films Films shot at Babelsberg Studios German comedy-drama films 1930 comedy films 1930 drama films 1930s German films {{1930s-romantic-comedy-film-stub