---
title: 'Never Look Away (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck'
released: '2018-09-04'
runtime_minutes: 188
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/never-look-away-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5311542/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Never Look Away (2018)

2018 · R · 188 min · Drama · Germany

Original title: Werk ohne Autor

## Synopsis

Never Look Away 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-henckel-von-donnersmarck)
- **Screenplay:** [Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-henckel-von-donnersmarck)
- **Producer:** [Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck](https://cinepixo.com/people/florian-henckel-von-donnersmarck), [Max Wiedemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-wiedemann), [Jan Mojto](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-mojto), [Quirin Berg](https://cinepixo.com/people/quirin-berg)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Richter](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-richter)
- **Director of Photography:** [Caleb Deschanel](https://cinepixo.com/people/caleb-deschanel)
- **Editor:** [Patricia Rommel](https://cinepixo.com/people/patricia-rommel)

## Cast

- [Franz Pätzold](https://cinepixo.com/people/franz-patzold) as Max Seifert
- [Jeanette Hain](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeanette-hain) as Waltraut Barnert
- [Ulrike C. Tscharre](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrike-c-tscharre) as Frau Hellthaler
- [Hinnerk Schönemann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hinnerk-schonemann) as Werner Blaschke
- [Johanna Gastdorf](https://cinepixo.com/people/johanna-gastdorf) as Großmutter Malvine
- [Rainer Bock](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-bock) as Dr. Burghart Kroll
- [Paula Beer](https://cinepixo.com/people/paula-beer) as Elisabeth „Ellie“ Seeband Barnert
- [Sebastian Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/sebastian-koch) as Professor Carl Seeband
- [Hans-Uwe Bauer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-uwe-bauer) as Professor Horst Grimma
- [Eva Maria Jost](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-maria-jost) as Sekretärin von Professor Seeband
- [Ben Becker](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-becker) as Vorarbeiter
- [Ina Weisse](https://cinepixo.com/people/ina-weisse) as Martha Seeband
- [Evgeny Sidikhin](https://cinepixo.com/people/evgeny-sidikhin) as NKWD Major Murawjow
- [Hanno Koffler](https://cinepixo.com/people/hanno-koffler) as Günter Preusser
- [Hannes Hellmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/hannes-hellmann) as Arthur Kastner

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Official site: https://www.sonyclassics.com/neverlookaway/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/never-look-away-2018
Film facts: Wikidata (Q28796230); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.