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Never Look Away

2017 film by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
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Summary

Never Look Away is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,555 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck[3]
  • Award received: Bavarian Film Awards[4], Leiden International Film Festival[5]
  • Director: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck[6]
  • Screenwriter: Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck[7]
  • Composer: Max Richter[8]
  • Genre: drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Tom Schilling[10], Sebastian Koch[11], Paula Beer[12], Saskia Rosendahl[13], Ina Weisse[14], Oliver Masucci[15], Evgeny Sidikhin[16], Ulrike C. Tscharre[17], Hanno Koffler[18], Florian Bartholomäi[19], Hans-Uwe Bauer[20], Cai Cohrs[21], Ben Becker[22], Antonia Bill[23]
  • Producer: Quirin Berg[24], Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck[25], Jan Mojto[26], Max Wiedemann[27]
  • Production company: CJ Entertainment[28]
  • Director of photography: Caleb Deschanel[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[30]
  • Commons category: Werk ohne Autor[31]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[32]
  • Review score: 77%[33], 7.4/10[34], 68/100[35]
  • Color: color[36]
  • Country of origin: Germany[37]
  • Publication date: October 3, 2018[38], October 10, 2019[39], September 4, 2018[40]
  • Has edition or translation: Q112161321[41]
  • Distributed by: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures[42], Cirko Film[43]
  • Narrative location: Germany[44]
  • Official website: https://www.sonyclassics.com/neverlookaway/[45]
  • Film editor: Patricia Rommel[46]
  • Nominated for: Golden Lion[47], Golden Globe Award for Best Non-English Language Film[48], Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[49], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[50], Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association[51], International Submission to the Academy Awards[52]
  • Title: Werk ohne Autor[53]
  • MPA film rating: R[54]

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

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  • Release type: Album[55]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[56]

  • First release date: 2018-10-05[57]

  • Genre(s): classical[58]

  • Community tags: classical[59]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1a3fb8ec-c41a-47ed-9459-7a4cbe6caa94[60]

Why It Matters

Never Look Away has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

FAQs

What awards did Never Look Away receive?

Honors received include Bavarian Film Awards[4] and Leiden International Film Festival[5].

Related Entities

film Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Germany Max Richter Sebastian Koch Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  31. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . filmportal.de. Retrieved . zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  41. [43] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  45. [47] ↑ . labiennale.org. labiennale.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . goldenglobes.com. goldenglobes.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  52. [54] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [55] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [58] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [59] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [60] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  7. 21w ago · Ontogon · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Medierådet rating → For ages 15 and up
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