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Lars Eidinger, 2017 Kraus was born in 1963 in
Göttingen. He worked as a screenwriter before he staged his love duel Shattered Glass (Scherbentanz) into a feature film in 2002. His second work as a director
Four Minutes (Vier Minuten), a drama, won national and international awards. Kraus' third feature film,
The Poll Diaries, received four golden "
Lolas," three
Bavarian Film Awards, one
Bambi and the
German Film Critic's Award. Kraus shot the film
Pink Children (2012) together with four German directors about their mentor
Rosa von Praunheim. This was followed by his film
The Bloom of Yesterday, a winner at the
Tokyo International Film Festival, at the Jewish Film Festival Moscow, of the Baden-Württemberg Film Prize and of the Thomas-Strittmatter Prize for Best Screenplay. In total, this comedy featuring
Lars Eidinger and
Adèle Haenel was nominated in eight categories for the
German Film Prize and in three categories for the Austrian Film Prize. == Awards ==