Underplayed Gems

Never Look Away (2018)

Never Look Away poster
Original title
Werk ohne Autor
Directed by
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Genre
drama film
Country
Germany
Runtime
3h 08m
Rated
R
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 758 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A German artist tries to find his own creative voice while living through the political upheaval of mid-20th century Germany. The story follows his personal and romantic life as he moves from Nazi-era Dresden to postwar West Germany.

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What happens

Never Look Away (German: Werk ohne Autor, lit. 'Work Without [an] Author') is a 2018 German epic coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. It was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and for a Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film. It was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 91st Academy Awards, in the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography categories. This was only the second time that a German-language film by a German director was nominated for an Oscar in multiple categories, the other film being Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot 36 years earlier. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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