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Germany | World War Ii
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Best Foreign Feature | 2011 | Geoffrey
Best Single Drama | 2012 | Kevin
Best Photography Drama | 2011
Because Matt Smith filmed this (BBC) movie during his break from playing the lead character in the BBC's hit television series "Doctor Who," the BBC gave Geoffrey Sax, this movie's director, strict instructions that Smith was never allowed to be shown nude. In a newspaper interview, Sax said, "They told me I must not show Doctor Who's bare bottom. They were quite firm about that, even though Matt was playing an entirely different character. They have invested a lot in him as the 11th Doctor and were due to make a second series with him, so they were obviously anxious to protect their property."
The dolphin desk clock that appears in this movie actually belonged to Isherwood while he lived in Berlin. It was lent to the film's production by Don Bachardy, Isherwood's longtime romantic partner, who visited the set during filming.
While filming this movie in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Ulster Unionists vehemently protested the fact that some scenes required giant roof-to-ground Nazi swastika banners to be hung on the exteriors of buildings. This protest resulted in those exterior scenes only being filmed in the very early morning or late night, which greatly complicated the filming schedule.
As well as Matt Smith who played the Eleventh Doctor in "Doctor Who", this film featured two people who had parts in that series. Linsday Duncan (Kathleen Isherwood) played Adelaide Brooke in "The Waters of Mars" (2009) alongside David Tennant's Doctor, and Toby Jones (Gerald Hamilton) played the Dream Lord in "Amy's Choice" (2010) alongside Matt Smith.
In Christopher Isherwood's original 1937 short story "Sally Bowles", the eponymous character expresses antisemitic sentiments. As a staunch anti-racist, Jean Ross was incensed that Isherwood depicted her fictional alter-ego Sally Bowles as supportive of "the attitudes which led to Dachau and Auschwitz". Scholars have noted the antisemitic remarks in "Sally Bowles" were a reflection of Isherwood's prejudices which the author regretted in the aftermath of the Holocaust. When the 1937 short story was later anthologized in both "Goodbye to Berlin" and "The Berlin Stories," Isherwood insisted that Sally's antisemitic remarks be deleted.
