Farewell

International Premiere

Lady Grace Drummond-Hay, the only female passenger on the first journey of the Graf Zeppelin around the world in 1929. She writes about her adventures on the journey, not only in articles in the Hearst Newspapers, as a reporter, but also in her diary.

In 1929, people were convinced this journey would be a splendid turning point in history. A few weeks later, Wall Street crashed and a dark period in history began.

Traveling high in the sky, up over a world, in a way she has never experienced before, Grace changes. Her former lover Karl von Wiegand is amongst the other passengers. During her long
voyage, their love is once again tested. When the Zeppelin finally flies over New York, Grace says goodbye to Karl and the lovers lose touch. Landing in New York she is welcomed like a cinema star.

Director Mensink constructed Farewell entirely from beautiful archive footage. Intimate like a diary, we are taken into Grace’s world and emotions high above the stunning aerial views and landscapes.

The film tells of a romance not only between Grace and Karl, but also of the romance with the Zeppelin.