The racism drama “the Green Book – A very special friendship” has won the Oscar for best Film. Overall, the work of Director Peter Farrelly of the night, received Monday, a total of three awards. The Film tells of the unusual friendship between a black musician and his white Chauffeur in the USA of the 60s. As the best Director, the Mexican Alfonso Cuarón was honored with the Netflix production “Roma”. The hopes of the German film industry on an Oscar was disappointed in the Statue.
The American Rami Malek won for his portrayal of Queen singer Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody”, the award as best actor; the music of the film was honored four Times. The Briton Olivia Colman got the main roles-the Oscar for her portrayal of the English Queen Anne in the history of the grotesque, “The Favourite – intrigue and madness”.
filmmakers or productions from Germany went all blank. The artist-drama “work without the author” by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck had two chances: In the category “non-English language Film” and for the cameraman Caleb Deschanel. Both awards went to Cuaróns work “Roma”. The triple excellent Black-and-White Film tells the story of a family in Mexico in the 70s and is a tribute to the nanny from Cuaróns past. Henckel von Donnersmarck won the 2007 with the Stasi Drama “the lives of Others” best foreign language film Oscar.
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The German-Syrian-Lebanese production “Of Fathers and Sons – The children of the Caliphate” by the Berlin-based Syrian Talal Derki was in the category “best documentary” in the cold; the German Make-up artist Pamela Goldammer, who had been nominated for their work in the fantasy film “Border”, went away empty-handed.
In the supporting actor categories two African-American actor honored: Regina King won with her role of a martial mother in the Drama “If Beale Street Could Talk”; Mahershala Ali got to “Moonlight” his second Oscar for “the Green Book”.
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The 91. Oscar had no fixed presenter, as a result, the Gala was much firmer, and business moderate than in the past. To came only at the beginning of the Show at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles mood, as the Band Queen enthusiasts with the rock anthem “We will rock you” to the audience. (dpa)