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Never Look Away

I do it because I can

Kurt Barnert:
I do it because I can

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I do it because I can
Duration
3 seconds
Views
304
Timestamp in Movie
00:49:29
Uploaded
Jun 26, 2025
Genres
biography, drama, romance

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Movie Summary

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.

Actors

Tom Schilling
Kurt Barnert
Tom Schilling
have-been-waiting-a-long-time - Never Look Away 00:07
have-been-waiting-a-long-time
You can take the pens with you, if you bring them back . - Never Look Away 00:05
You can take the pens with you, if you bring them back .
In January applications open for the Academy of Arts, . - Never Look Away 00:05
In January applications open for the Academy of Arts, .
Does that give your father strength, cleaning stairs? . - Never Look Away 00:04
Does that give your father strength, cleaning stairs? .
Does that help build a world where your children feel better? . - Never Look Away 00:05
Does that help build a world where your children feel better...
At the art academy, the girls are more pretty than here. . - Never Look Away 00:05
At the art academy, the girls are more pretty than here. .
(Lecturer) Can you see - Never Look Away 00:07
(Lecturer) Can you see
And put himself in the service of the cause, in the service of the People? . - Never Look Away 00:05
And put himself in the service of the cause, in the service ...
Work on your attitude. work on your craft. . - Never Look Away 00:05
Work on your attitude. work on your craft. .
And the right art will emerge by itself. . - Never Look Away 00:05
And the right art will emerge by itself. .
As a warning example I would like to show you Pablo Picasso... . - Never Look Away 00:05
As a warning example I would like to show you Pablo Picasso....
Who made a real solidarity with the working class clear... . - Never Look Away 00:05
Who made a real solidarity with the working class clear... .
But very soon - Never Look Away 00:07
But very soon
Because he wanted to be considered a renewer, not a traditionalist. . - Never Look Away 00:05
Because he wanted to be considered a renewer, not a traditio...
Innovation, schoperic independence, artistic freedom. . - Never Look Away 00:06
Innovation, schoperic independence, artistic freedom. .
Words that sound appealing to an artist. . - Never Look Away 00:05
Words that sound appealing to an artist. .
But real freedom can only win a modern artist, . - Never Look Away 00:05
But real freedom can only win a modern artist, .
When he puts himself at the service of the interests of the people. . - Never Look Away 00:05
When he puts himself at the service of the interests of the ...
Decay, mysticism, pornography. - Never Look Away 00:04
Decay, mysticism, pornography.
Empty forms, artificial constructions. - Never Look Away 00:04
Empty forms, artificial constructions.