Cast & Crew
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Julianne Hough
Emmy Award® Winner(Louise Moriarty) is an Emmy Award® winner and a true triple threat as dancer, actress and singer. A born entertainer, Hough’s creative project choices continue to prioritize blending movement and storytelling at the highest level. She is known globally for her breakout on “Dancing with the Stars” and is the youngest pro to win twice, judge on the panel and now host the hit ABC series.
Also a presence on the big screen, Hough has starred in such films as Burlesque, Footloose, Rock of Ages, Safe Haven, Paradise and Dirty Grandpa. After an eight-year hiatus, she returned to the film side of the fence in 2026 with a role in Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Frankenstein-inspired spectacle The Bride!
Hough’s other television credits include the Fox event “Grease Live!” and the “Jolene” episode of the Netflix series “Dolly Parton’s Heartstrings,” in the title role. On stage, Hough made her Broadway debut in 2022 in the critically acclaimed “POTUS.” She will return to star on Broadway as Lola in the 2027 revival of “Damn Yankees.”
As an entrepreneur, Hough founded KINRGY, a movement and wellness platform empowering self-expression through dance. With a flagship studio in West Hollywood and worldwide digital access, KINRGY reaches and teaches thousands. She also co-founded Ovation, a next-gen dance convention and competition tour, alongside brother Derek Hough and DanceOne.
Matthew Lamb
(Jimmy Moriarty) is a multi-talented performer who is quickly making a name for himself in the entertainment industry. From stage to screen, he loves to perform and entertain. Lamb stars as a series regular alongside Kaitlin Olson in Drew Goddard’s hit ABC drama “High Potential.” He plays Elliot Radovic, the sweet, quirky and socially awkward middle child who has inherited his mother’s active brain, for better or worse. And earlier this year Lamb originated the role of Prince Devin on the Disney+ series “Sofia the First: Royal Magic.”
Originally from Iowa City, Iowa, Lamb first appeared on television in Season 2 of the Emmy-winning series “Only Murders in the Building,” guest starring as Little Charles Haden-Savage (the young version of Steve Martin’s role). His performance earned praise for capturing both the humor and emotional depth of the character. The actor’s other small-screen credits include series such as Peacock’s “Poker Face,” Netflix’s “Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld” and Disney Jr.’s “Firebuds.”
Lamb made his feature debut in the supernatural horror hit Smile and appeared with Jesse Eisenberg in the thriller Manodrome, which was nominated for Best Film at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival. Next, Lamb portrayed naughty Claude Herdman in The Best Christmas Pageant Ever, directed by Dallas Jenkins. The movie is based on Barbara Robinson’s iconic 1972 book of the same name.
A triple threat, Lamb also has significant theater experience. For his portrayal of The Little Boy in Signature Theatre’s production of “Ragtime,” he was nominated for a 2024 Helen Hayes Award in the category of Outstanding Supporting Performer. Lamb reprised his role in New York City Center’s production, alongside Tony Award® winners Joshua Henry and Caissie Levy. On Broadway he originated the role of Young C in the Tony-winning play “Leopoldstadt,” written by Tom Stoppard and directed by Patrick Marber. His other stage credits include roles in regional productions such as “A Christmas Story: The Musical” and “Newsies.”
Previously, Lamb shared the stage with Tony winners Daniel Radcliffe, Jonathan Groff and Lindsay Mendez in the Off Broadway production of “Merrily We Roll Along,” at New York Theatre Workshop. He also starred as Young Ray in the Bucks County Playhouse production of “Tommy & Me,” alongside Emmy winner Gordon Clapp, and he appeared regionally in the musicals “Freaky Friday,” “School of Rock” and “Barnum.”
Cora Craver
(Mary Francis “Frankie” Fitzpatrick) is a Texas-based actor with lead roles in the Nickelodeon/Viacom pilot “New to This Planet” and “Sibylant Sisters,” a project associated with Sundance Labs. Onstage, she has performed in regional theater in “Annie,” and “Matilda,” winning a PAMTA Award (Best Lead Child Actress) for the latter production.
Craver has trained in scene study, acting for film and television, voice and dance. An artist and singer as well as an actor, she is excited to bring Frankie to life in this film.
Holly J. Barrett
Holly J. Barrett is perhaps best known for her four-season run on CBS’s LIFE IN PIECES and recently starred as Courtney Stodden in Lifetime’s biopic. Her television credits also include SUITS, AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE, and STATION 19.
On the film side, Holly starred in Netflix’s THE CURSE OF BRIDGE HOLLOW and can next be seen in a lead role in the independent feature GOING FOR TWO, due out this year.
Evan Todd
(Officer Sal) played a lead role in the award-winning dramedy 4th Man Out and has guest starred on series including CW’s “Jane the Virgin,” ABC’s “Doctor Odyssey” and NBC’s “Blindspot.” Todd plays a major role in the upcoming indie horror film Openers.
Todd is a graduate of the famed Juilliard Drama Division. He made his Broadway debut starring as Gerry Goffin in “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical.” He also originated the role of Kurt Kelly in “Heathers: The Musical” in New York and Los Angeles. Additionally, Todd starred in MCC Theater’s “Which Way to the Stage” and was a co-producer of the Tony-nominated 2015 revival of “Spring Awakening.”
VICTORIA BLADE (Mrs. Fitzpatrick) is a classically trained actor who was recently seen starring opposite Zooey Deschanel in the holiday film Merv, which was No. 2 on Amazon during its release. Perhaps best known for her fan-favorite role as Debbie/Limón in IFC’s “Brockmire,” Blade also guest starred in Donald Glover’s Emmy-nominated dark comedy “Swarm” and recurs in Emmy winner “WandaVision” as the mysterious “Commercial Woman” in the fake ads featured throughout the series.
Blade’s other small-screen credits include “The Outsider,” “Watchmen,” “Doom Patrol,” “American Crime Story” and “Surfside Girls.” She recently signed on to star in a yet-to-be announced horror feature.
While her work in comedy is well known, Blade is also a true powerhouse in the dramatic world. Getting her start at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre, she was quickly lauded as a “Hot New Face of Chicago Theater” by the Chicago Tribune. Additionally, Blade’s short film Vicky Wakes Up won the grand jury award at Slamdance 2026.
MONNAE MICHAELL (Sister Mary Magdalene) has built a career that spans television, film, theater, animation and commercials. Her extensive feature film credits include 42, Matchstick Men, The Drop, Don’t Ever Wonder, Dragonfly, Heartbreakers, Neo Ned and Bug, as well as the animated features The Wild Thornberrys and Balto: Wolf Quest, in which she voiced Anui, Balto’s mother.
Michaell’s favorite roles to date include playing Judge Bass in six episodes of “The Defenders,” Annie in a three-episode arc on “American Dreams,” Half George in “The Road Weeps, the Well Runs Dry,” and Citizen 2 in “Citizen: An American Lyric...” She’s also known for her seven-episode arc as Vanessa on “The Shield,” recurring on “The Good Place” and “Criminal Minds,” and playing Judge Daly in several installments of Hallmark’s “McBride” series of telefilms, opposite John Larroquette.
A decorated stage performer, Michaell was nominated for an NAACP Theatre Award for her performance as Tonya in August Wilson’s “King Hedley II” at the Mark Taper Forum. She received Emmy consideration for her portrayal of Lisa Jefferson in the telefilm “Flight 93” and her performance in “A Raisin in the Sun” was filmed for the Lincoln Center Archives.
Michaell has guest starred on notable series such as “Law & Order: SVU,” “The Rookie,” “The Last Thing He Told Me,” “The Vince Staples Show,” “Survival of the Thickest,” “S.W.A.T.,” “National Treasure,” “NCIS,” “All Rise,” “Perry Mason,” “Arrested Development,” “Snowfall,” “How to Get Away With Murder,” “American Horror Story,” “Veep,” “CSI,” “The Office,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Ghost Whisperer,” “Saving Grace,” “CSI: Miami,” “Bones,” “Everwood,” “Medium,” “Nip/Tuck,” “Without a Trace,” “NYPD Blue,” “The Practice,” “Crossing Jordan,” “Judging Amy,” “City of Angels” and “ER.”
On stage, Michaell has performed at leading regional theaters across the country, including the Denver Center, Geffen Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, Crossroads Theatre Company, Cleveland Play House, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Intiman Theatre, Geva Theatre and Actors Theatre of Louisville. Her stage credits include “In the Upper Room,” “Boy Gets Girl,” “King Hedley II,” “Spirit North,” “Seven Guitars,” “Richard III,” “Mudtracks,” “Othello,” “Joe Turner’s Come and Gone,” “Flyin’ West,” “A Raisin in the Sun,” “Beehive” and “Them That’s Got.”
Michaell attended the Lee Strasberg Institute through New York University and began her career in musical theater as an actress/singer/dancer. She has performed at many musical venues, and her one-woman show (presented in various NYC clubs) won the Bistro Award for Best Newcomer. Also an educator, Michaell has taught creative improvisational workshops for children ages 6 to 17.
About the Filmmakers
KATHLEEN WELCH MARKEL (Director, Writer) is a writer and director whose creative background spans theater, directing, acting, playwriting and filmmaking. A native of Omaha, Nebraska, Markel earned a BFA from Loyola Marymount University and an MFA from San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater (ACT), where she wrote, directed, produced and performed for the stage.
At 21, Markel wrote, directed and produced the play American Lesions, which led to an invitation to participate in the Mark Taper Forum’s New Playwrights Program. At ACT, she won the Pacific Coast Theater Arts Scholarship performing an original piece and was later offered a position with the theater’s resident acting company. She instead moved to New York, where she landed the role of Alais opposite George Peppard in the national touring production of The Lion in Winter. Before leaving ACT, Markel also conceived, directed and produced a Los Angeles showcase for graduating students that was subsequently incorporated into the school’s graduate program.
Markel married and raised four children in Los Angeles, continuing to write as a freelance magazine writer and blogger. As her children grew older, she turned to screenwriting for the first time, beginning the screenplay that became Going for Two in 2014.
Inspired in part by Markel’s Nebraska childhood, Going for Two grew from Nebraska football coach Tom Osborne’s legendary decision to attempt a two-point conversion rather than settle for a tie against Miami in the 1984 Orange Bowl. The decision—and the principle behind it—stayed with her for decades and ultimately became the thematic foundation of the film.
Going for Two, Markel’s first screenplay, was entered in its first-draft form under the original title The Dropped Ball and became a quarterfinalist in the 2016 Final Draft Big Break Screenwriting Contest. The following year, Going for Two was a finalist in the Tracking Board’s Launch Pad Feature Competition, placing among the top four percent of entries and generating industry interest.
That recognition brought opportunities to move the screenplay forward, but Markel was determined to direct the film herself. Rather than relinquish that vision, she chose the considerably less conventional route of building the project independently, assembling the team and financing necessary to bring Going for Two to the screen.
DANA ALTMAN (Producer) founded North Sea Films, his owner-operated feature film, television and commercial production company, in 1989. Since then North Sea has garnered numerous awards while producing seven feature films, three network television specials, seven documentaries and hundreds of commercials, corporate and industrial films, and music videos. Known for his mentorship to local talent, this film marks Altman’s fifth time producing a feature from a first-time writer-director.
North Sea-produced and directed projects boast talent as diverse as Oscar® winners Ellen Burstyn and Martin Landau, musical icons Paul McCartney, Tim McGraw and David Crosby, sports heroes Peyton Manning, Bernhard Langer and Dan Wheldon, and business and philanthropic titans Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. A central figure in Nebraska’s filmmaking community for more than three decades, Altman co-founded the Slamdance Film Festival and also produced Nik Fackler’s critically acclaimed Independent Spirit Award nominee Lovely, Still.
The grandson of legendary director Robert Altman, Dana serves as president of his grandfather’s legacy company, Sandcastle 5 Productions. The company has numerous projects in development for film, television and the theater, including international series “Pret a Porter” (aka “Ready to Wear”) and “Gosford Park.”
Altman and his wife Deanna have six children and 13 grandchildren. They live on their hobby farm along the Missouri River near Union, Nebraska.
DAVID LEVY (Producer) shared in an Academy Award® nomination for Best Picture for producing Robert Altman’s Gosford Park, in addition to a Golden Globe Award® nomination and a BAFTA win for Best British Film. The films constituting Levy’s body of work have garnered more than 90 nominations and won nearly 30 awards from various academies, festivals, critics organizations and professional societies. Over the course of his career, the producer has worked with 58 Oscar-nominated actors and 23 Oscar-winning actors.
Levy began his industry career at International Creative Management (ICM), where he worked closely with legendary motion-picture department head Sam Cohn. He left ICM to work in independent film production and embarked on a rewarding collaboration with Robert Altman that spanned nearly three decades. Levy’s producing credits on Altman-directed films include The Player, Short Cuts, The Gingerbread Man, Cookie’s Fortune, Dr. T & The Women, The Company and A Prairie Home Companion.
Going for Two marks Levy’s return to filmmaking after spending more than a decade away from the industry. It’s his 10th collaboration with Robert Reed (Bobby) Altman, his ninth with Stephen Altman and his third with Dana Altman. While developing and acquiring projects for his Wildcraft Productions banner, Levy is also a consultant and producer for Sandcastle 5 Productions, Robert Altman’s legacy company. A feature film adapted from Altman’s Short Cuts and a London stage production (“3 Women”) are among the many Sandcastle projects currently in development.
TAMMY BLOSSOM (Co-Producer) is a producer, film executive and financier whose work spans film, Broadway, the West End and immersive entertainment. She is co-manager of Walk On Productions, LLC, where she has been actively involved in this film’s development, capitalization, production, distribution and sales strategy. Across her portfolio, Blossom brings together storytelling, intellectual property, capital and strategy to create new ways for audiences to experience and engage with stories. Her film work includes The Best Little Christmas Pageant Ever and the documentaries Heart of a Servant: The Father Flanagan Story and OOSA OOSA. Currently in development is Lying Awake, based on the acclaimed novel by Mark Salzman.
Blossom’s international producing portfolio includes work with premium content providers such as Lionsgate, Warner Bros. and HBO. She is a producer of Lionsgate’s “The Hunger Games: On Stage,” the first theatrical adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ global franchise. Blossom’s other work with Lionsgate includes the highly successful “Now You See Me Live,” bringing the film franchise’s Four Horsemen to the stage.
The producer’s portfolio also includes the Tony Award-winning Broadway production of Warner Bros.’ “The Lost Boys,” as well as a project based on HBO’s “Game of Thrones” that is currently in development.
Blossom’s Broadway and West End credits include the Tony winner “Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club,” “The Hills of California,” “Once Upon a One More Time” (featuring the music of Britney Spears) and “Kinky Boots.” Set for 2027 are “Chasing Rainbows: The Road to Oz,” the 50th anniversary revival of “Annie” and a Broadway-bound revival of “Damn Yankees,” starring Neil Patrick Harris and Julianne Hough.
Blossom is the founder and managing principal of We R Broadway Artists Alliance (WERBAA). While working extensively between New York and London, Blossom makes her home in Omaha, Nebraska.
DOUGLAS CRISE (Editor) has received Academy Award, BAFTA, ACE Eddie and Emmy nominations for his editing. On the feature side, Crise is best known for his work on Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Babel and Birdman as well as Harmony Korine’s Spring Breakers and The Beach Bum. Crise’s ongoing collaboration with Barry Levinson began with 2021’s period drama The Survivor and continued with the acclaimed limited series “Dopesick,” which earned him Emmy and ACE Eddie nominations. He most recently cut Levinson’s The Alto Knights, starring Robert De Niro, and Peter Landesman’s Eleven Days, starring Diego Luna, Jason Isaacs and Rhea Seehorn.
STEPHEN ALTMAN (Production Designer) enjoyed a number of collaborations with his father, Robert Altman, which include The Player, Short Cuts, Kansas City and Gosford Park. For the latter film Altman was honored with Oscar, BAFTA and AFI Award nominations for Best Art Direction. Among his other career highlights are Kathryn Bigelow’s breakout film Near Dark, the cult classic Grosse Pointe Blan, Kevin Costner favorite Draft Day and acclaimed musical biopics What’s Love Got to Do With It and Ray.
Altman has also been active on the small-screen side, where his production-design credits include HBO’s genre-inventing political mockumentary “Tanner ‘88,” the pilot episode of Mark Mylod’s “Shameless” and Bob Balaban’s telefilm “Georgia O’ Keefe,” for which he received an Emmy nomination.
Altman began his career apprenticing on the editorial staff of his father’s films, beginning with California Split in 1974. By 1978 he had become the property master and set decorator on a number of Robert Altman’s productions. Mentored by acclaimed production designers Wolf Kroeger and David Gropman, Stephen served as production designer on nearly all of the elder Altman’s film and television projects after 1985’s Fool for Love.
ROBERT REED ALTMAN (Director of Photography) is a highly respected American cinematographer, director of photography and director with a career spanning over four decades. Altman brings his extensive experience and keen eye to every project he undertakes, a testament to his enduring passion for the art of visual storytelling.
As the D.P. for the long-running Fox series “Bones,” Altman lensed 31 episodes between 2015 and 2017. Most recently, he shot the European miniseries “Juvenile Inspektor” and three U.S. series, “Valor” (CW), “Good Girls” (NBC) and “Dynasty” (CW). Altman also served as cinematographer on the features Shift, Pocket of Hope, 3 Days to Kill and The Legion, as well as music videos such as Steel Hearts’ “Trust in Love.”
Altman’s extensive filmography showcases his versatility and expertise across various genres and formats. The son of the legendary filmmaker Robert Altman, a connection that has undoubtedly influenced his deep understanding of cinematic storytelling, he began his career serving as a focus puller and second assistant camera on his father’s iconic works Nashville (1975), Buffalo Bill and the Indians (1976), A Wedding (1978), Popeye (1980) and The Player (1992). This early immersion in filmmaking provided him with a foundational understanding of on-set dynamics and the technical craft of cinematography and directing.
Later in his career, Altman’s many feature credits as cinematographer credits include projects for a diverse list of directors from Roger Corman (Looking for Trouble) to Kevin Smith (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back) and Chuck Russell (The Scorpion King). He also continued to collaborate with his father on such films as Kansas City (1996), The Gingerbread Man (1998), Cookie’s Fortune (1999), Dr. T & the Women (2000) and A Prairie Home Companion (2006).
In 2004 Altman took on the role of director of photography for “Tanner on Tanner,” a follow-up to his father and Garry Trudeau’s Emmy-winning political satire “Tanner ‘88.” This four-part series, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, further showcased the D.P.’s ability to craft compelling visual narratives. Altman also served as a camera operator on popular series “The O.C.” (Fox) and “Lost” (ABC), while contributing as a second unit director of photography on the NBC series “Chuck.”
Also a director, Altman helmed the Blue Mountain Tribe video “Pray for Our Planet,” an episode of “Bones” (“The Steal in the Wheels”) and indie feature The Extinction Crew, which co-starred his daughter Cora Kathryn Ann Altman. Next, he is slated to direct a feature called God Shot Paradise.
LYNETTE MEYER (Costume Designer) is best known for her work on notable films such as Peaceful Warrior (2006), Lakeview Terrace (2008), The Killer Inside Me (2010), The Kings of Summer (2013) and Gerald’s Game (2017). As a 5-year-old sewing savant in Minneapolis, she began her fashion career making clothes for herself, her dolls and neighborhood moms. While studying fine art at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Meyer fell in love with styling by dressing underground punk bands for their shows, album art and music videos. After realizing the potential for storytelling through costume, she moved to Hollywood and since then has designed for film, television, theater and commercials.
Meyer’s first feature film as costume designer was Neil LaBute’s Nurse Betty (2000), starring Renée Zellweger and Morgan Freeman. Her other film credits include Night of the Hunted, Galveston and The Final Girls, in addition to small-screen work such as Netflix miniseries “The I-Land” and 15 episodes of the Hulu horror anthology “Into the Dark.”
Meyer currently resides in Los Angeles with her French Bulldog, Henri.
SIMON FRANGLEN (Composer) is an award-winning composer and producer of film music as well as classical and contemporary works. Most recently, he followed up on his critically acclaimed score for James Cameron’s Avatar: The Way of Water with the score to Avatar: Fire and Ash, which was released in late 2025. Franglen previously created the gritty electronica for David Fincher’s Se7en and David Cronenberg’s Crash, as well as producing the vocals for Baz Luhrman’s Moulin Rouge.
Currently, Franglen has major art and commercial installations running around the world. Alongside his ongoing work with film scores, up next are a multi-year immersive and installation project in the U.S. and a new orchestral and choral work that will premiere by year’s end.
Franglen’s credits as film composer include three of the four top-grossing features of all time and six of the top-selling albums. He was recently awarded the World Soundtrack Awards’ Discovery of the Year, the Hollywood Music in Media Award and the ASCAP Award for top score (Avatar: The Way of Water). What’s more, he is a Grammy winner for Record of the Year (Titanic) and has been nominated for two Golden Globes for Best Original Song (“I See You” from Avatar and “Dream as One” from Avatar: Fire and Ash).
Over the course of his career Franglen has worked with Antoine Fuqua (on Southpaw and The Magnificent Seven), Jean-Jacques Annaud (on Notre-Dame on Fire), Terrence Malick (Voyage of Time) and other top filmmakers. He has collaborated with singers and musicians from across the world, from the South Pacific Islands to Mongolia. Franglen is also known for his cutting-edge work in immersive audio and is a consultant to several multinational companies on the intersection of music and technology.
Born in the U.K., Franglen grew up a wannabe punk, went to college in Manchester, spent too much time at the Haçienda nightclub and then dived straight into London recording studios, working initially with legendary producer Trevor Horn (“The man who invented the ‘80s”) before striking out on his own. Franglen moved to Los Angeles, where he became a top-line record producer and session musician with dozens of multi-platinum albums and singles.
Franglen’s music credits range from producing U.K. grime acts to collaborations with The Weeknd, Celine Dion, Michael Jackson, Quincy Jones, Whitney Houston, Madonna and Toni Braxton. His work as an arranger and film musician include multiple projects with composers James Horner, Alan Silvestri, Thomas Newman, Howard Shore and his first mentor, John Barry (a five-time Oscar winner).
MICHAEL MINKLER (Re-Recording Mixer) is an award-winning re-recording mixer who has mixed over 275 motion pictures over the last five decades. His many accolades include 13 Oscar nominations for Best Sound (winning for Black Hawk Down, Chicago and Dreamgirls), eight BAFTA bids (winning for Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope, JFK and Chicago) and the Cinema Audio Society’s Career Achievement Award. Most recently, Minkler performed his artful craft on the Apple TV miniseries “Masters of the Air” and the features Greyhound, Elvis, The Unforgivable and Do Revenge.
SUSANNE SCHEEL (Casting Director) is a New York-based casting director who has won four Artios Awards for Excellence in Casting and been nominated for nine more. Most recently, Scheel was an Artios nominee for the Emmy-nominated Netflix miniseries “All the Light We Cannot See” and was short-listed for a BAFTA and Critics’ Choice Award for Kathryn Bigelow’s feature A House of Dynamite.
Multiple projects that Scheel cast premiered earlier this year, including Maria Martinez Bayona’s The End of It, with Rebecca Hall, Gael Garcia Bernal and Noomi Rapace; Lindsay Calleran’s Caity, with Morgan Spector, Zach Cherry and Chiara Aurelia; Joseph Zentil’s Born to Lose, with Sarah Pidgeon, Dylan Arnold and James Le Gros; Niki Byrne’s The Julia Set, with Chase Infiniti, Gillian Anderson and Jason Isaacs; and James Ashcroft’s The Whisper Man, starring Robert De Niro, Adam Scott and Michelle Monaghan.
Now in production are Craig and Philip Barantini’s limited series for Netflix “Rabbit, Rabbit,” starring Adam Driver, Regina Hall, Will Poulter and Odessa Young, and the HBO limited series “The Trial of Louise Woodward,” written by Matthew Barry and directed by Susanne Bier.
Scheel’s debut feature film as a casting director, The Wife (2017), premiered at TIFF and starred Glenn Close (in an Oscar-nominated performance), Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater. Scheel also co-cast Celine Song’s Past Lives (2023) with Ellen Chenoweth. Starring Greta Lee, Past Lives premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, screened at Berlin and was nominated for numerous major awards including the Academy Award for Best Picture.