The World of Yesterday is a movie directed by Diastème in 2022 and based on the book of the same name by Stefan Zweig, first published in 1942. The movie features Léa Drucker, Denis Podalydès, Alban Lenoir, Benjamin Biolay, Jacques Weber, Thierry Godard, and others.
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Storyline
Isabelle de Raincy beat her far-right rival to be elected President of the Republic five years earlier. At the end of her first term, just three days before the first round of elections, she learns from her Secretary General Franz L’Herbier that the far-right candidate is leading the polls. They have three days to manoeuvre within the corridors of power in a bid to change the course of history.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2022
Minutes
89
Movie Rate
5.40
Source: IMDb
Movie
The World of Yesterday
Original title: Le monde d'hier
Director: Diastème
Country: France
Year: 2022
Length: 1h29m
Year
1942
Pages
461
Book Rate
8.98
S: Goodreads
Book
The World of Yesterday
Original title: Die Welt von Gestern
Author: Stefan Zweig
Country: Austria
First published in: 1942
Length: 461 pages
Genre: Biography
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Wes Anderson
User polls & recommendations
“A really great popcorn movie is extremely hard to pull off. A really great popcorn book is equally hard to pull off, so I don't feel guilty devouring one.”
GILLIAN FLYNN (Writer)
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