German triumph at Oscar Awards 2025: Gerd Nefzer becomes the sole record winner

The secretly shot in Iran in Iran “The Sowing of the Holy Feigenbaum” and some German film artists hoped for a gold boy in the Dolby Theater from Los Angeles on the night of March 3.. However, the entirety of the national nominees almost ended at the event moderated by Conan O’Brien (61).

However, that should change when Gal Gadot (39) and Rachel Zegler (23), the stars of the upcoming Disney film “Snow White”, which Oscar announced for the “best visual effects”. Here the German Gerd Nefzer (59) triumphed for his work on Denis Villeneuves (57) Sci-fi-epic “Dune: Part Two”. Nefzer won together with Paul Lambert, Stephen James and Rhys Salcombe. He began his likeable acceptance speech with the words spoken in German “Thank you, that’s great.”

The special thing about Nefzer’s victory at the 97th Academy Awards: The film artist, born in Schwäbisch Hall, is now the sole record holder among the national Oscar winners. Because even before the 97th Academy Awards, he stood at two triumphs – 2018 for “Blade Runner 2049” and 2022 for “Dune”, the first part of Villeneuves targeted trilogy about the desert planeted arrakis.

All in all, only two Germans – the victorious Luise Rainer (1910-2014) and the iconic composer Hans Zimmer (67) – have so far been able to record two victories. Nefzer immediately wrote Oscar history and set a national record.

For the other Germans nominated, however, it was an evening to forget. The title “The Saat of the Holy Feigenbaum” by the Iranian director Mohammad Rasulof (52) went into the race for Germany went out in the “Best International Film” category – here “won here” forever.

Also, the other nomineed German filmmakers Lisy Christl (costume design for “Conclave”) and Volker Bertelmann (film music for “Conclave”, 2023 Oscar for “In the West”) as well as the team, born in Munich, born in Munich, born in Munich, the Swiss directors Tim, the Swiss Director Tim, for “September 5”, could not look forward to an Oscar Together with co-author Alex David.