Cast and crew
Never Look Away
Original titleWerk ohne Autor
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck · starring Tom Schilling, Lars Eidinger and Sebastian Koch
- 16 actors
- 2 in the crew
- 2018
- 3 h 8 min
Never Look Away: cast and crew
Director
Actors and characters
- Actors
- 16
- Crew
- 2
- Youngest at release
- 24 yearsPaula Beer
- Eldest at release
- 57 yearsLuc Feit
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Tom Schilling Kurt Barnert
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Lars Eidinger Ausstellungsführer Heiner Kerstens
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Sebastian Koch Professor Carl Seeband
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Paula Beer Ellie Seeband
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Saskia Rosendahl Elisabeth May
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Oliver Masucci Professor Antonius van Verten
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Florian Bartholomäi Günther May
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Jeanette Hain Waltraut Barnert
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Hanno Koffler Günther Preusser
The whole cast 16
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Tom Schilling Kurt Barnert
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Lars Eidinger Ausstellungsführer Heiner Kerstens
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Sebastian Koch Professor Carl Seeband
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Paula Beer Ellie Seeband
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Saskia Rosendahl Elisabeth May
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Oliver Masucci Professor Antonius van Verten
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Florian Bartholomäi Günther May
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Jeanette Hain Waltraut Barnert
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Hanno Koffler Günther Preusser
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Ina Weisse Martha Seeband
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Ben Becker Otto
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Jonas Dassler Ehrenfried May
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Jacob Matschenz Arendt Ivo
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Rainer Bock Dr. Burghart Kroll
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Rainer Reiners Rundgangbesucher Herr Rebernik
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Luc Feit Hermann Schreiber
Crew
Writers 1
Producers 2
Companies
- Production companies
- Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion, Arte
Questions about the cast of Never Look Away
- Who plays Kurt Barnert in Never Look Away?
- Tom Schilling plays Kurt Barnert.
- Who plays Ausstellungsführer Heiner Kerstens in Never Look Away?
- Lars Eidinger plays Ausstellungsführer Heiner Kerstens.
- Who plays Professor Carl Seeband in Never Look Away?
- Sebastian Koch plays Professor Carl Seeband.
- Who plays Ellie Seeband in Never Look Away?
- Paula Beer plays Ellie Seeband.
- Who plays Elisabeth May in Never Look Away?
- Saskia Rosendahl plays Elisabeth May.
- Who plays Professor Antonius van Verten in Never Look Away?
- Oliver Masucci plays Professor Antonius van Verten.
- Who directed Never Look Away?
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
- Who wrote Never Look Away?
- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck.
- How many actors are in Never Look Away?
- 16 actors are credited, and 2 people in the crew.
The cast in numbers
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck had already directed Sebastian Koch in The Lives of the Others (2006).
Jacob Matschenz and Rainer Reiners had already worked together on 2 films: My Blind Date with Life (2017) and Alone in Berlin (2016).
Rainer Bock and Tom Schilling have worked together on one other film: Lara (2019).
Jeanette Hain and Florian Bartholomäi had already worked together on one film: The Reader (2008).
Tom Schilling and Rainer Reiners had already worked together on one film: The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008).
Paula Beer and Jacob Matschenz have worked together on one other film: Undine (2020).
With the most films on MovieNCo: Rainer Bock (17), Lars Eidinger (13) and Rainer Reiners (13).
The cast’s average age at release is 44 (of the 12 actors whose birth date we know).

