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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…
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Never Look Away
77%
Movie
3h 8m
AI Analysis
Never Look Away (2018) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Never Look Away (2018) — a movie tagged as Drama, Romance, and History with epic and emotional moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: 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. Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night and solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~188 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Never Look Away 77% (753 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
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Synopsis
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.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 2018-10-03
- Runtime
- 3h 8m
- TMDB rating
- 7.7
- TMDB ID
- 423612
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What is Never Look Away about?
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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How long is the movie Never Look Away?
The official runtime for Never Look Away is approximately 188 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Tom Schilling
Kurt Barnert
Sebastian Koch
Carl Seeband
Paula Beer
Ellie
Saskia Rosendahl
Elisabeth May
Oliver Masucci
Antonius van Verten
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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
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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 Head to https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/sff for more Sydney Film Festival reviews.
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