“Anonymous,” “Stopped on Track” win big at German film awards

BERLIN, Apr 28: A film by Hollywood director Roland Emmerich portraying William Shakespeare as a fraud won six German Film Prize trophies on Friday at the world’s most lucrative movie honors with total prize money of around $4 million. But the top award, best film, went to Andreas Dresen’s “Stopped on Track” (“Halt auf freier Strecke”), a portrait of a man dying from a brain tumor. It won in four categories overall, including director, actor and supporting actor. (agencies)