German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 5 wins & 18 nominations total
Evgeniy Sidikhin
- NKWD Major Murawjow
- (as Evgeny Sidikhin)
- Director
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- TriviaKurt's art teacher, played by Oliver Masucci, is modeled on artist Joseph Beuys, the head of sculpture at the Kunstakadamie in Dusseldorf during the early '60s, at the time Gerhard Richter first enrolled.
- GoofsAt one point Carl Seeband mentions that Mozart was dead by the time he was 30. This is incorrect; Mozart was 35 when he died. (He could have been lying to try to convince Kurt to give up Art).
- Quotes
Elisabeth May: Don't look away. Never look away, Kurt. All that is true is beautiful.
- ConnectionsFeatured in 2019 Golden Globe Awards (2019)
- SoundtracksDe torrente in via bibet [Dixit Dominus, HWV 232]
Composed by George Frideric Handel (as Händel)
Performed by Angela Kazimierczuk, Katherine Fuge, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Featured review
Ich spreche Deutsch ziemlich gut um zu kommunizieren aber nicht genug um die ganze Kritik auf Deutsch zu schreiben darum I'll write it in English. The new movie by Florian von Donnersmarck mesmerized me from the very beginning - the way he can capture the atmosphere, the way he portrays a main hero and even every little character is outstanding and you can literally never look away while watching this modern masterpiece. I actually don't understand why some movie titles are translated into other languages with their own meanings because "Never look away" does not fully capture the true meaning of it while "Work without author" does that almost perfectly. The author of another great one ("The lives of others", 2006) has not outdone himself but came pretty close to doing so: a movie that's so versatile, so multidimensional that you just can't fully figure it out on watch one - it needs to be watched many times. A story of a young boy growing up, facing difficulties, experiencing life changing moments, disappointments, reevaluations in search of an answer to the eternal question: who am I in this fast-changing world? - does it ever get old? I don't think so.
- jamesjustice-92
- Dec 10, 2019
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- Work Without Author
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- Budget
- €18,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,304,042
- Gross worldwide
- $6,193,234
- Runtime3 hours 9 minutes
- Color
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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