At the German Film Awards, the favorite “Die” received the award for best film. Corinna Harfouch and Simon Morzé were honored as best leading actors. Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer used the evening to make an appeal.
Matthias Glasner’s drama “Die” about a broken family was awarded the Golden Lola at the German Film Prize. This was announced by the German Film Academy in Berlin.
The silver Lola received the historical drama “The Fox” at the awards ceremony in the evening. The Lola in Bronze went to the political thriller “Im dead Winkel” by Ayse Polat. The director also won a film award for best direction and best screenplay.
The film “Die” won a total of four awards: Corinna Harfouch was honored as best actress.
A total of four prizes for “Die”
The three-hour film “Die” won a total of four awards: In addition to the best film music by Lorenz Dangel, Corinna Harfouch was honored as best actress and Hans-Uwe Bauer was honored for the best male supporting role.
“Dying” is actually a film about life in all its facets: love, grief, loss, death and birth. The starting point is the death of father Gerd (Bauer), who suffers from dementia. This forces the members of the Lunies family to deal with each other again. Love, affection and warmth of heart are foreign words to them. The situation escalates when it becomes clear that the seriously ill mother (Harfouch) is also nearing the end of her life.
When he accepted the award, director Glasner said on stage: “I have to admit, it was a really exciting evening. I’m pretty freaked out, to be honest.”
Best main actor Simon Morze
In total, Lolas were awarded in 17 categories at the film award. The film “The Theory of Everything” by Timm Kröger received three awards, including best cinematography. “Seven Winters in Tehran” was named best documentary film.
The award for best actor went to Simon Morzé in “The Fox”. Adele Neuhauser was named best supporting actress for her role in the film “15 Years”. Hanna Schygulla received the honorary award. The film academy honored the 80-year-old for her outstanding contributions to German film.
Holocaust survivor Margot Friedländer addressed the filmmakers with an appeal. “When I came back 14 years ago, I could never have imagined what was going on in public now. That’s how it started back then,” said Friedländer. “There are a lot of storytellers in this room. You have the responsibility to use the power of film to ensure that something like this never happens again.” Her speech received a standing ovation and thunderous applause. The 102-year-old Friedländer is one of the few living witnesses to the persecution and murder of Jews during the Nazi era.
Around 1,600 guests were invited to the Theater am Potsdamer Platz for the awards ceremony. Laudators included the recently Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Hülser and the director of the Oscar-nominated film “The Teacher’s Room”, Ilker Catak.
The German Film Prize, which has been awarded annually since 1951, is one of the most important awards in the industry. The nominations and awards are worth a total of around three million euros for new projects. The money comes from the house of Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth.