Never Look Away
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.
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What top critics say:
Anthony Lane
New Yorker
Stately rather than stealthy… but you are borne along, nonetheless, by the clash of characters, and by the ironies of historical momentum.
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
The title of “Never Look Away” is deliciously ironic: This is one of the most mesmerizing, compulsively watchable films in theaters right now.
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
Rich as the film may be in aesthetic considerations — very rich indeed — it’s the startling arc of Kurt’s life story that sustains the dramatic narrative.