by Stefan Zweig (Author)

This well known novella by Stefan Zweig was made into a film in 1933 directed by Robert Siodmak and remade in 1988 by Director Andrew Birkin. Stefan Zweig was an Austrian novelist, playwright, journalist and biographer. In the 1920s and 1930s, he was at the height of his literary career, at that time one of the most popular writers in the world.