Overview
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.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Bavarian Film Awards (2019) and the Leiden International Film Festival (2018)
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Nominations
6 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Cinematography (2019)
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Box office
Grossed $4.83M worldwide against a $18M budget
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Max Richter
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Caleb Deschanel
Details
- Director
- Writer
- Florian Henckel von DonnersmarckScreenplay
- Original title
- Werk ohne Autor
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 3, 2018
- Original language
- German
- Budget
- $18M
- Revenue
- $4.8M
- Countries
- Germany, Italy
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Cast
Tom SchillingKurt Barnert
Sebastian KochCarl Seeband
Paula BeerEllie
Saskia RosendahlElisabeth May
Oliver MasucciAntonius van Verten- Cai CohrsSix-Year-Old Kurt Barnert
Ina WeisseMartha Seeband
Evgeniy SidikhinMajor Murawjow
Mark ZakMurawjow Interpreter
Ulrike C. TscharreMiss Hellthaler
Bastian TrostFranz Michaelis
Hans-Uwe BauerHorst Grimma
Hanno KofflerGünther Preusser
David SchütterAdrian Schimmel / Finck
Franz PätzoldMax Seifert
Hinnerk SchönemannWerner Blaschke
Jeanette HainWaltraut Barnert
Jörg SchüttaufJohann Barnert
Johanna GastdorfGrandmother Malvine
Florian BartholomäiGünther May
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