Title: Never Look Away
Original Title: Werk ohne Autor
Year: 2018
Info
- Country: Germany Italy
- Length: 188 Minutes (3 hours 8 min)
- Genre: Drama Thriller History
- Studios: Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion Arte
- Distributor: Avalon Films
Release Dates
- UK: July 05 2019
- United States: January 25 2019
Plot
After spending his childhood in East Germany, Kurt Barnert gets to escape to West Germany, where he begins a new life as an art student, without forgetting the terrible events he witnessed as a child. But everything gets complicated when he falls in love with his classmate Ellie, whose father doesn't agree with their relation, so he'll try everything that's possible to keep them apart, without suspecting that his past and Kurt's terrible childhood have been connected long ago. Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck ('The Tourist'), the German candidate for the best Foreign Language Film Oscar has Tom Schilling ('Generation War'), Sebastian Koch ('Bridge of Spies') y Paula Beer ('The Dark Valley') in its cast
Awards
- 2019 Academy Awards (Oscars): 2 0
- 2019 Golden Globes: 1 0
Cast
Director:
Heiner Kerstens
Professor Carl Seeband
Kurt Barnert
Ellie Seeband
Dr. Burghart Kroll
Günther May
Professor Antonius van Verten
Photos
Trivia
Old colleagues
Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and actor Sebastian Koch previously collaborated on 'The Lives of Others' (2006).
Outraged
Gerhard Richter, the person who the film is based on, saw the film as an "abuse and grossly distorting" of his biography.
Real character
The character of Kurt Barnert is loosely based on German artist Gerhard Richter.
Recommended movies and tv shows Never Look Away
2016
8.3
2016
7.7
2019
6.6
2016
8.1
2017 - 2021
8.3
2013
7.4
2018
6.5
2020
7.6
2013
8
2014
8.1