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.
Direction
Donnersmarck's obsessive control over every frame's symbolism.
Cinematography
That single unbroken burning Dresden shot—devastating.
Acting
Sebastian Koch playing evil so banal it chills.
Director
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Tom Schilling
Kurt Barnert
Sebastian Koch
Carl Seeband
Paula Beer
Ellie
Saskia Rosendahl
Elisabeth May
Oliver Masucci
Antonius van Verten
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Loosely based on Gerhard Richter's life, though Richter publicly disowned the film for taking too many liberties.
The title refers to both Kurt's artistic philosophy and the audience's uncomfortable obligation to witness historical atrocity without looking away.
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