International programme - Europolis

Young artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazi regime. Everything changes when he meets the student Ellie, who becomes the love of his life and inspires him to join a new contemporary art movement. However, Kurt doesn’t know that Ellie’s father is a former cruel Nazi doctor with connections to his own family.

Germany, Italy | 2018 | 189’
drama, romance, history | CROATIAN PREMIERE
Original title : Werk ohne Autor

DIRECTOR Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | SCREENPLAY Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | CINEMATOGRAPHY Caleb Deschanel | EDITOR Patricia Rommel, Patrick Sanchez-Smith SCORE Max Richter | CAST Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl, Oliver Masucci | PRODUCER Quirin Berg, Christiane Henckel von Donnersmarck, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Jan Mojto, Max Wiedemann | COMPANY Pergamon Film, Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion | SALES AGENT Discovery Film

FESTIVALS  Venice International Film Festival (Young Cinema Award and Leoncino d’Oro Award - Agiscuola); Academy Awards, 2018 (nominated for Best Foreign Language Film and Cinematography); Golden Globes, 2019

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (Cologne, 1973) is an award-winning German director, writer and producer, known for his film The Lives of Others (2006), which has won an Academy Award, and The Tourist (2010).