The film received several awards and nominations . The film was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis Best Feature Film , Deutscher Filmpreis Best Direction and Deutscher Filmpreis Best Actor in 1996 . Götz George also won the Volpi Cup at the Venice Film Festival for his role . It was chosen as Germany 's official submission to the 69th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film , but did not manage to receive a nomination
69th Academy Awards
69th Academy Awards
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