Never Look Away
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.
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Cast
39 people
Tom Schilling
Kurt Barnert
Known for
Who Am I
Generation War
Sebastian Koch
Carl Seeband
Known for
A Good Day to Die Hard
The Lives of Others
Paula Beer
Ellie
Known for
Frantz
The Wolf's Call
Saskia Rosendahl
Elisabeth May
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Lore
Oliver Masucci
Antonius van Verten
Known for
Dark
Look Who's Back
Cai Cohrs
Six-Year-Old Kurt Barnert
Also in
Paths
Teufelsmoor
Ina Weisse
Martha Seeband
Also in
Unexpected
Die Patriarchin
Evgeniy Sidikhin
Major Murawjow
Known for
In the Forests of Siberia
A Woman in Berlin
Mark Zak
Murawjow Interpreter
Known for
Whiskey Cavalier
Stereo
Ulrike C. Tscharre
Miss Hellthaler
Also in
In the Face of Crime
Die Frau im Meer
Bastian Trost
Franz Michaelis
Known for
The Lives of Others
Hans-Uwe Bauer
Horst Grimma
Known for
The Lives of Others
Woman of the Dead
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Director · Max Richter Composer Caleb Deschanel Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $4.8M · Budget $18M · United States release November 1, 2018
Box office
Budget
$18,000,000
Worldwide gross
$4,831,836
Gross vs. budget
0.3×
Production
Pergamon Film
Production
Wiedemann & Berg Film
Production
Beta Film
Production
ARD Degeto
Production
BR
Production
Sky Deutschland
Production
RAI Cinema
Production
ARTE
Production
Sony Pictures Classics
Studio
ARD/Degeto Film GmbH
Production
Bayerischer Rundfunk
Production
Beta Cinema
Production
Germany · Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Werk ohne Autor
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German · Russian
Release dates
Italy · September 4, 2018
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
Germany · October 3, 2018
Theatrical
United States · November 1, 2018
Theatrical · Virginia Film Festival
Australia
June 20, 2019 · Theatrical
Austria
October 4, 2018 · Digital
Belgium
December 12, 2018 · Theatrical
Brazil
June 5, 2019 · Digital
Canada
September 8, 2018 · Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
Czechia
April 25, 2019 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 17, 2019 · Theatrical
France
July 17, 2019 · Theatrical
Greece
October 10, 2019 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 31, 2019 · Theatrical
Ireland
July 5, 2019 · Digital
Italy
October 4, 2018 · Theatrical
Japan
October 2, 2020 · Digital
Lithuania
July 11, 2019 · Limited theatrical · Scanorama'19
November 7, 2019 · Theatrical · SCAN'19
Netherlands
November 29, 2018 · Theatrical
June 6, 2019 · Physical · DVD, Blu ray
Portugal
October 3, 2018 · Limited theatrical
Russia
April 21, 2019 · Premiere · Moscow International Film Festival
September 5, 2019 · Theatrical
September 17, 2019 · Digital
Slovakia
April 25, 2019 · Theatrical
South Korea
October 6, 2018 · Premiere · Busan International Film Festival
February 20, 2020 · Theatrical
Sweden
October 3, 2018 · Limited theatrical
Switzerland
September 30, 2018 · Digital
Türkiye
February 8, 2019 · Theatrical
Ukraine
July 17, 2019 · Premiere · Odesa International Film Festival
United Kingdom
July 5, 2019 · Theatrical
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