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'Never Look Away' trivia and fun facts
Real character
The character of Kurt Barnert is loosely based on German artist Gerhard Richter.
Race for the Oscar
This film is the German candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2019.
Outraged
Gerhard Richter, the person who the film is based on, saw the film as an "abuse and grossly distorting" of his biography.
Old colleagues
Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and actor Sebastian Koch previously collaborated on 'The Lives of Others' (2006).
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