'Never Look Away' trivia and fun facts

Real character

The character of Kurt Barnert is loosely based on German artist Gerhard Richter.

Director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck and actor Sebastian Koch previously collaborated on 'The Lives of Others' (2006).

Gerhard Richter, the person who the film is based on, saw the film as an "abuse and grossly distorting" of his biography.

This film is the German candidate for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar in 2019.