Werk ohne Autor
Never Look Away
Writer-director Henckel von Donnersmarck's third feature film project sees him shooting in his native German language for the first time since his 2006 Oscar®-winning debut "The Lives of Others" (2006). Tom Schilling ("Oh Boy", 2012) heads up a glittering "Who's Who" of the German acting world cast as the young artist Kurt Barnert who fled to West Germany, but continues to be tormented by experiences made during his childhood and youth in the Third Reich and under the GDR regime. When he meets the student Ellie, Kurt is convinced that he has met the love of his life and begins to create paintings that mirror not only his own fate, but also the traumas of an entire generation.
Source: German Films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Music
Cast
- Kurt Barnert
- Prof. Carl Seeband
- Ellie Seeband
- Elisabeth May
- Prof. Antonuis van Verten
- Kurt Barnert (6 Jahre)
- Martha Seeband
- NKWD Major Murawjow
- Dolmetscher Murawjow
- Frau Hellthaler
Production company
Alle Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Production design
Art director
Make-up artist
Costume design
Hairdresser
Sound editor
Sound design
Sound
Audio mixing
Research
Casting
Catering
Music
Cast
- Kurt Barnert
- Prof. Carl Seeband
- Ellie Seeband
- Elisabeth May
- Prof. Antonuis van Verten
- Kurt Barnert (6 Jahre)
- Martha Seeband
- NKWD Major Murawjow
- Dolmetscher Murawjow
- Frau Hellthaler
- Hausarzt Dr. Michaelis
- Prof. Hort Grimma
- Günter Preusser
- Adrian Schimmel/Finck
- Max Seifert
- Werner Blaschke
- Waltraut Barnert
- Johann Barnert
- Großmutter Malvine
- Günther May
- Ehrenfried May
- Vorarbeiter Otto
- Ausstellungsführer Heiner Kerstens
- Arendt Ivo
- Arbeiter Hartwig
- Hermann Schreiber
- Volksschuldirektor Tschierwitz
- Arthur Kastner
- Kurt Barnert (13 Jahre)
- Junger SS-Mann Andreas
- Kameramann Thorsten
- Dr. Burghart Kroll
- Serschant Borisow
- Kunststudent Oskar
- Würdenträger Eser
- Krankenschwester Käthe
- Krankenschwester Anna
- Arbeitermodell Udo
- Würdenträger Schon
- Rundgangbesucherin Frau Rebernik
- Heinz Viersen
- SS-Arzt Franck
- Gesundheitsminister Kleiber
- Journalist Jürgen Beier
- Sekretärin Seeband
- Rundgangbesucher Herr Rebernik
- Gefreiter Mischa
- Sowjetischer Aufseher Sergei
- Frau Murajow
- Grenzsoldat Steiwer
- Urs Meybert
- Junge Frau
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Co-Producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Post-production
Original distributor
Funding
Shoot
- 24.05.2016 - 06.09.2016: Berlin und Umgebung, Sachsen, Nordrhein-Westfalen
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.07.2018, 180728, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (IT): 04.09.2018, Venedig, Internationales Filmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 03.10.2018
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Werk ohne Autor
- Weiterer Titel (IT) Opera senza autore
- Weiterer Titel Never Look Away
- Weiterer Titel (US) Work Without Author
- Weiterer Titel (RU) Работа без авторства
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 16.07.2018, 180728, ab 12 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (IT): 04.09.2018, Venedig, Internationales Filmfestival;
Kinostart (DE): 03.10.2018
Awards
- Nominierung, Beste Kamera
- Nominierung, Bester fremdsprachiger Film
- Beste Produktion (ex aequo >Trautmann<)
- Nominierung, Bester fremdsprachiger Film
- Prädikat: besonders wertvoll
- Bambi, Bester Schauspieler National
- Leoncino d'Oro Award
- ARCA Cinemagiovani Award, Bester Film