However, Kurt and Elizabeth's love grows even stronger and eventually the two get married. Sind Ihnen im Vergleich zu "Das Leben der Anderen" Veränderungen aufgefallen? Die Konkurrenz war mit "Das schweigende Klassenzimmer", "Ballon" und "Der Hauptmann" groß, das sind tolle Filme. Da hat nichts anderes Platz. Ich fand es auf Anhieb sehr spannend und passend für ihn. Eventually, Carl Seeband, Mrs. Seeband, Kurt and Ellie all end up in West Germany in the 1960s. (It's an astonishing sequence.) It's one of the best films of the decade. After an outburst of violence, the family confides her to the care of a medical doctor, Professor Carl Seeband (Sebastian Koch). Kurt still does not know that Carl Seeband is responsible for his aunt's death. It’s not long before the Dresden hospital director, professor Carl Seeband (Sebastian Koch), from The Lives of Others), condemns Elizabeth to the concentration camps as mentally unfit. Sebastian Koch: Es ist wunderbar, dass German Films uns nominiert hat. Kurt does not know what kind of art he wants to make, but he knows that socialist realism is not it. 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It was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 91st Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography categories. The story of Kurt, a young art student who falls in love with fellow student, Ellie. Nevertheless, he managed to abuse and grossly distort my biography! Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Ina Weisse Martha Seeband. [5] Donnersmarck read Richter the full screenplay when he was finished, so that Richter could see for himself how much was fiction and where facts from his life were used. Paula Beer as Ellie Seeband. Herr Koch, "Werk ohne Autor" ist Ihr zweiter Film mit Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Er nimmt diese negativen Energien auf, verarbeitet sie und wächst daran. 'Work Without Author') is a 2018 German coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. Sebastian Koch Professor Carl Seeband. Saskia Rosendahl Elisabeth May. He goes on to state: "It's about the biggest themes (art, war, love, death), it's emotionally overwhelming, its dialogue is lapidary, its musical score transporting. He realizes that when you are true to your artistic instinct, you can reach a truth your intellect could never hope to attain. Ellie’s father, Professor Seeband, a famous doctor, is dismayed at his daughter’s choice of … Sebastian Koch, Actor: Das Leben der Anderen. Außerdem verrät Koch, wieso er und sein Co-Star Tom Schilling (36, "Oh Boy") auf das gemeinsame Feierabendbier verzichtet haben. The Karlsruhe-born actor received many nominations and awards for his outstanding performance as Georg Dreymann. Saskia Rosendahl as Elisabeth May. Sebastian Koch (56, "Bridge of Spies - Der Unterhändler") spielt darin ein "Ungeheuer", wie er seine Figur Professor Carl Seeband selbst beschreibt. "[16], Never Look Away reached a lifetime gross of US$1,303,747 and became the 15th German-language feature film to pass the million-dollar box-office mark. When the young man goes to art school in Dusseldorf, he has great difficulty making his way through the plethora of styles popular during that time (and Donnersmarck has a lot of fun satirizing the pursuit of aesthetic styles in the sixties.) Chillingly played by Sebastian Koch, he’s Professor Carl Seeband, Director of the Women’s Clinic and honorary member of the SS. (lacht) Aber er geht nicht anders an die Dinge heran. Lars Eidinger Exhibition Guide. Oliver Masucci as Professor Antonius van Verten. Sebastian Koch: Diesen Seeband zu spielen, das konnte ich nicht aus- und anschalten. Le complicazioni sorgono quando il ruolo di Carl nel programma eugenetico nazista diventa noto. He starts using his figurative painting skills to copy black-and-white photographs onto the canvas, adding a mysterious sfumato blur. Die Weltpremiere fand im Rahmen des Wettbewerbs der 75. Oliver Masucci as Professor Antonius van Verten. He also claims he suggested to Donnersmarck the film's protagonist might have another profession. The novelist Kyle Smith, critic-at-large for the National Review, writes in an article titled "A New Cinematic Masterpiece": "The German director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck already has one of the best films of the century to his credit: 2007’s The Lives of Others. Sebastian Koch: Wenn er den Raum betritt, sinkt die Temperatur um zwei Grad, jeder fühlt und weiß, dass er da ist. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck explained extensively that Never Look Away is a work of fiction but that the point of inspiration had been an article by famed German investigative reporter Jürgen Schreiber about the German painter Gerhard Richter. Wie war es für Sie, bei der Weltpremiere in Venedig, den Film das erste Mal mit Publikum zu sehen? But when the film was finished and Donnersmarck offered to arrange a screening, Richter said that he did not feel up to it and did not feel he had the strength to see the film. Richter's aunt Marianne Schönfelder had been murdered by the Nazis because she developed schizophrenia. [4] In a New Yorker profile of writer/director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, who spent many weeks with Gerhard Richter during his research for the film but never revealed anything about the content of these conversations, Gerhard Richter revealed surprisingly that "Ema's father had been her gynecologist, and that there were mysteries and rumors around the treatment that he provided her". Later at home Kurt walks in on Elisabeth playing the piano in the nude. His new one is, I think, even better. Ema, short for "Marianne", was Gerhard Richter's wife and also shared her first name with Richter's aunt. Arbeitet Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck nun anders als damals? Cai Cohrs Kurt Barnert 6 Jahre. Kurt gets his first art show where his art impresses the critics even though they completely misunderstand and misinterpret it. Sebastian Koch: Tom Schilling nicht zu mögen, geht nicht. Er will und muss immer gewinnen. She suddenly appears mesmerized by playing the note A on the piano and begins to ramble in a e… Another one from the same series, Family at the Seaside, is a snapshot from his wife's photo album showing her father, Professor Eufinger, horse-playing with his family, a photograph that is unremarkable except for the fact that it was taken around the exact time professor Eufinger sent Richter's aunt to her death. While there, Kurt is especially mesmerized by the Girl with Blue Hair, a modernist sculpture by Eugen Hoffmann. Wie war die erneute Zusammenarbeit? Rainer Bock Dr. Burghart Kroll. Based on the life of artist Gerhard Richter – who lived under both Nazi and communist regimes in Germany before escaping to the West – it has a wonderful portrait of a familiar type: the survivor-careerist. Sebastian Koch (56, "Bridge of Spies - Der Unterhändler") spielt darin ein "Ungeheuer", wie er seine Figur Professor Carl Seeband selbst beschreibt. Hanno Koffler Günter Preusser. Und am Schluss haben sie uns in Form von minutenlangen Standing Ovations umarmt. He goes to great lengths in his attempts to destroy the relationship, even sabotaging his daughter's womb to keep her 'pure'. Sebastian Koch as Professor Carl Seeband. Unusually for Gerhard Richter, this painting is dated very precisely to May 1966. [8][9], The San Francisco Chronicle quotes The Exorcist director William Friedkin stating: "One of the finest films I have ever seen is Never Look Away – a masterpiece. Born in Karlsruhe, Germany, May 31, 1962, he spent his childhood and youth in Stuttgart, southwestern Germany. Later at home, Kurt walks in on Elisabeth playing the piano in the nude. One of his earliest paintings is of the arrest of Eufinger's SS boss, Werner Heyde, from a newspaper photograph. This led art historians to refer to his body of work as being "without author", as it purportedly had no connection to its author's life.[4]. Die Hauptrollen spielen Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci und Ina Weisse. Later his aunt is sterilized and eventually "euthanized" by the Nazis because she was certified by three experts to be schizophrenic. What Kurt does not know is that Ellie's father is Professor Seeband. Paula Beer as Ellie Seeband. Finally, the largest photo painting that Gerhard Richter produced before turning to abstract art was Ema, Nude on a Staircase (#134 in his official catalogue raisoné). The doctor who orders her forced sterilization and sends her to her death is gynaecology Professor Carl Seeband, the Director of the Dresden Women's Clinic and a high-ranking honorary member of the SS medical corps. Thema ist das Leben eines Künstlers, angelehnt an die Biografie von Gerhard Richter. Und das hat natürlich Konsequenzen, denn so etwas kann man nur aufrecht erhalten, wenn man extrem kontrolliert ist, und Kontrolle ausübt. Das erste Mal vor einem großen Publikum, und natürlich waren wir sehr gespannt, wie der Film ankommt. Mark Zak Dolmetscher … Trotzdem hat es mir großen Spaß gemacht, mich so ausführlich mit diesem Ungeheuer zu beschäftigen. Kurt shares adjoining studio space with fellow student and confidant Günther Preusser (inspited by Günther Uecker), who was starting to experiment with hammering nails into boards to produce large artworks. [2] In den deutschen Kinos startete der Film am 3. The grateful Russian officer thereafter protects Seeband and releases him, but still suspecting him. To preserve her reputation after sleeping with her, he escapes through her bedroom window and is caught by her mother, who does not disclose their activity to Ellie's father. He said that it would probably be hurtful if it was too close to the facts and perhaps even more hurtful if it was not close enough. Sebastian Koch (Professor Carl Seeband) Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck und mich verbindet seit Jahren eine sehr enge, vertrauensvolle Freundschaft. With Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl. Fortunately, the most important newspapers here reviewed his concoction very skeptically and critically. Jetzt ist natürlich alles möglich und wir sind sehr gespannt, wie weit uns diese Reise führen wird. [15] Boyd van Hoeij wrote in The Hollywood Reporter that "the work's considerations of the intimate connection among being, art and life finally feel quite superficial. Anzüge trägt er wie eine Uniform, ohne eine Falte. Sebastian Koch: Ja, er ist zehn Jahre älter. "Maybe the film is for everybody except him". Shortly afterwards, Kurt and Elisabeth also flee to West Germany. Si innamora della compagna studentessa Ellie Seeband, ma suo padre, il professor Carl Seeband, si oppone alla loro relazione. When Seeband sees a collage painting of Kurt's aunt, the Nazi doctor, and himself, he flees, destroyed, believing his despised son-in-law of all people was able to uncover his greatest secret. "[14], Dissenting voices include contrarian critic Armand White for the National Review and David Edelstein, writing for New York magazine's Vulture.com website. "[11], Never Look Away holds a 77% fresh rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 7.39/10 based on 137 reviews; the critics consensus states: "Never Look Away fills its protracted running time with the absorbing story of an incredible life - and its impact on the singular artist who lived it. Professor Carl Seeband. Sebastian Koch: Carl Seeband hat diesen Künstler völlig unterschätzt. She also tells Kurt to "never look away" because "everything that is true holds beauty in it". Er versucht alles, diesen Menschen zu zerstören und aus dem Leben seiner Tochter fernzuhalten, einfach weil er ihn schwach und uninteressant findet. Wenn ich ihn auf der Leinwand sehe, kann ich mich kaum wiedererkennen. He also paints Seeband's passport photographs and photographs of his aunt from his own family album. And that is all that matters to him. Ricoverata in un ospedale psichiatrico fa appello al cuore del Professor Carl Seeband perché non la sterilizzi ma il suo destino sarà più crudele e preludio di uno sterminio abominevole. Er benutzt Sprache als Waffe und zerstört damit sein Gegenüber. Sebastian Koch: Zu verstehen, was ihn antreibt. While there, he volunteers to assist a Red Army officer's wife during a complicated birth and saves the lives of both wife and child. Intuition, Gefühle, Empathie, all das hält er fern von sich, mit einer unglaublichen Intelligenz und Perfektion. Wie kam es zu Ihrem Engagement bei "Werk ohne Autor"? Er hat sich dazu entschieden, dass niemand mehr Macht über ihn haben wird, nie wieder Opfer zu sein. Wir unterhalten uns regelmäßig und tauschen uns aus über die Dinge, die uns beschäftigen, die Stoffe, die …