2018

189m

Never Look Away

Summary

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.

Cast

Tom Schilling

Kurt Barnert

Sebastian Koch

Carl Seeband

Paula Beer

Ellie

Saskia Rosendahl

Elisabeth May

Oliver Masucci

Antonius van Verten

Cai Cohrs

Six-Year-Old Kurt Barnert

Ina Weisse

Martha Seeband

Evgeniy Sidikhin

Major Murawjow

Mark Zak

Murawjow Interpreter

Ulrike C. Tscharre

Miss Hellthaler

Bastian Trost

Franz Michaelis

Hans-Uwe Bauer

Horst Grimma

Hanno Koffler

Günther Preusser

David Schütter

Adrian Schimmel / Finck

Franz Pätzold

Max Seifert

Hinnerk Schönemann

Werner Blaschke

Jeanette Hain

Waltraut Barnert

Jörg Schüttauf

Johann Barnert

Johanna Gastdorf

Grandmother Malvine

Florian Bartholomäi

Günther May

Jonas Dassler

Ehrenfried May

Ben Becker

Otto

Lars Eidinger

Exhibition Guide

Rainer Bock

Burghart Kroll

Pit Bukowski

Andreas

Johannes Allmayer

Martin Bruchmann

Student

Andreas Nickl

Thorsten

Lutz Blochberger

Schon

Bruno F. Apitz

Eser

Michaela Caspar

Mrs. Rebernik

Luc Feit

Hermann Schreiber

Hannes Hellmann

Arthur Kastner

Jacob Matschenz

Arendt Ivo

Stefan Mehren

Jürgen Beier

Manfred Möck

Kleiber

Rainer Reiners

Mr. Rebernik

Anton Rubtsov

Mischa

Chris Theisinger

SS Doctor

Crew

Director, Screenplay

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

An amazing return to directorial form, ‘Never Look Away’ is a novelistic, epic film that appears to constantly shapeshift in front of our eyes. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck has created the rare kind of work where politics, history, art and love collide into an almost operatic crescendo. Like the title suggests, it’s riveting viewing. - Jake Watt

Read Jake's full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-never-look-away-an-artistic-and-spiritual-epic

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