EditWerk Ohne Autor (2018)

Med udgangspunkt i virkelige begivenheder og et dramatisk spænd over tre årtier af nyere tysk historie, beretter “Værk uden skaber” (Org. “Werk ohne Autor”, Eng: “Never Look Away”) historien om den unge østtyske kunststuderende, Kurt (Tom Schilling), der efter 2. verdenskrig forelsker sig i sin medstuderende, Ellie (Paula Beer), og hun i ham. Ellies far, den berømte og magtfulde gynækolog, professor Seeband (Sebastian Koch), er dog på ingen måde begejstret for sin datters valg af kæreste og sværger at ødelægge deres forhold, inden det bliver for sent. Men hvad ingen af dem ved, er, at Kurts liv er allerede ubrydeligt forbundet med Seebergs fortid og de uhyrlige forbrydelser han begik årtier tidligere, som han siden omhyggeligt skjult bag et glemslens røgslør for alle, selv hans allernærmeste familie... Filmen, der er skrevet og instrueret af Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (”De andres liv”) og filmet af Caleb Deschanel, var nomineret til to Oscars i 2019, for hhv. bedste ikke engelsksprogede film og bedste filmfotograf.

Gerhard Richter is one of the most influential contemporary German artists, recognised for his abstract paintings and glass pieces, as well as for his photorealistic works. “Never Look Away” is a film that is more or less based on his extraordinary life, covering a time period of around thirty years. In it, Kurt Barnert is an artist whose childhood has been affected by the Nazi regime. As a young man he lives in communistic Germany - GDR and is forced to create only art approved by the ruling communist party. Kurt’s free, artist soul cannot stand the boundaries, set by a social system ruled by narrow-minded people. That is why he manages to escape to Western Germany where he experiences an existential crisis, hunted by his past. Free to create art according to his own visions, Kurt's talent flourishes and art experts are ready to pay comic places for his work.