Never Look Away

7.8/10 • 705

2018-10-03 • 3h 9m

DramaRomanceHistory

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.

Directors: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Editors: Patricia Rommel

DramaRomanceHistory

Never Look Away

2018-10-03 • 3h 9m

7.8/10 • 705

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.

Directors: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Editors: Patricia Rommel

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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

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SWITCH.

Jun 12, 2019

10/10

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

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