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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.

DIRECTOR
  • Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck
WRITER
STUDIOS
  • Pergamon Film
  • Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion
  • Beta Cinema
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CAST

Young artist Kurt Barnert (Tom Schilling) has fled to West-Germany, but he continues to be tormented by the experiences he made in his childhood and youth in the Nazi years and during the GDR-regime. When he meets the student Ellie (Paula Beer), he is convinced that he has met the love of his life and begins to create paintings that mirror not only his own fate, but also the traumas of an entire generation.

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IMDB Score
7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes Score
77%