2007 German Film Awards noms: Perfume vs. Four Minutes

Last year The Lives of Others cleaned up the “German Oscars”, with eight nominations apiece, this year we find a tight race between Tom Tykwer's take on the Patrick Suskind novel a prison drama by helmer Chris Kraus. Perfume – The Story of a Murderer got a theatrical release stateside in late December. 

The Golden and Silver Lolas will be presented in a gala ceremony in Berlin on May 4. Here are the noms:

Best Feature Film
Emma's Bliss (dir: Sven Taddicken)
The Counterfeiters (dir: Stefan Ruzowitzky)
Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer (dir: Tom Tykwer)
Four Minutes (dir: Chris Kraus)
Grave Decisions (dir: Marcus H. Rosenmueller)
Winter Journey (dir: Hans Steinbichler)

Best Documentary
The Short Life of Jose Antonio Gutierrez (dir: Heidi Specogna)
Working Man's Death (dir: Michael Glawogger)

Best Children's and Youth Film
Hände Weg Vom Mississippi (dir: Detlev Buck)
The Cloud (dir: Gregor Schnitzler)

Best Direction
Matthias Glasner (The Free Will)
Chris Kraus (Four Minutes)
Marcus H. Rosenmueller (Grave Decisions)
Tom Tykwer (Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer)

Best Screenplay
Chris Kraus (Four Minutes)
Christian Lerch, Marcus H. Rosenmueller (Grave Decisions)
Stefan Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters)

Best Actor
Josef Bierbichler (Winter Journey)
Karl Markovics (The Counterfeiters)
Juergen Vogel (The Free Will)

Best Actress
Monica Bleibtreu (Four Minutes)
Hannah Herzsprung (Four Minutes)
Joerdis Triebel (Emma's Bliss)

Best Supporting Actress
Barbara Auer (Der Liebeswunsch)
Hannah Herzsprung (Das Wahre Leben)
Sabine Timoteo (A Friend Of Mine)

Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Groth (Mein Fuehrer)
Hinnerk Schoenemann (Emma's Bliss)
Devid Striesow (The Counterfeiters)

Best Production Design
Uli Hanisch (Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer)
Lothar Holler (Haende Weg von Mississippi)
Isidor Wimmer (The Counterfeiters)

Best Cinematography
Frank Griebe (Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer)
Judith Kaufmann (Four Minutes)
Benedict Neuenfels (The Counterfeiters)

Best Costume Design
Natascha Curtius-Noss (Heavy Weights)
Nicole Fischnaller (The Counterfeiters)
Pierre-Yves Gayraud (Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer)

Best Music
Gerd Baumann (Grave Decisions)
Reinhold Heil, Johnny Klimek, Tom Tykwer (Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer) Christian Heyne (I Am The Other One)

Best Editing
Alexander Berner (Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer)
Susanne Hartmann, Anja Pohl (Grave Decisions)
Uta Schmidt (Four Minutes)
Hans-Joerg Weissbrich (Der Liebeswunsch)

Best Sound
Emma's Bliss
Perfume – The Story Of A Murderer
Four Minutes