Continuity mistake: When Kurt has finished giving his thoughts on the lottery numbers in the newspaper, Antonius thinks to himself and turns to his desk. He places his fist over his mouth, but when the shot cuts, his fist is lowered. (02:13:00)
Continuity mistake: When Kurt and Ellie are first speaking with each other, just after he spits out the razor he put in his mouth, the cigarette that Ellie is shown holding and the hand she is holding it with change position every single time the shot cuts. (00:58:04)
Continuity mistake: When Kurt is in his first lecture at the Dusseldorf academy, whilst Antonius says "If he develops his own subjective abilities without external guidelines", Kurt can be seen in the background with his left hand placed over his right and both hands are equally distanced apart. When the shot cuts to him, the right hand has suddenly moved closer to the left hand. (02:03:35)
Continuity mistake: When the tour guide says "There are two possibilities", Kurt and Elisabeth are holding hands. The camera then cuts to a closer shot of Kurt where he and Elisabeth are no longer holding hands, before then holding hands again. (00:02:05)
Continuity mistake: Whilst the doctors are trying to get Elisabeth into the van, one of them injects her to get her to relax. When this happens, her arm is lowered. But in the next shot, her forearm is suddenly raised. (00:17:46)
Continuity mistake: When Kurt asks Ellie for a walk in the park, there is a pencil shown on her desk. Two shots after, the pencil has suddenly moved onto her drawing book. (00:58:20)
Continuity mistake: When Kurt is reading the lottery numbers from the newspaper to the class, whilst he says "Suddenly they have a true quality, something imperative, almost beautiful", the newspaper is placed over the desk whilst he is holding it. When the shot cuts to focus on Antonius, the newspaper is suddenly hanging over the edge of the desk. (02:12:40)
Continuity mistake: When the movie opens on the tour guide, whilst he says "Until the National Socialists came to power", his hands are at his side. When the shot cuts, his hands are clasped behind his back. (00:00:35)
Revealing mistake: When Kurt and Elisabeth are looking at the painting of the Third Reich caricatures, in the shot focusing on them, a little girl in the background can be seen glancing at the camera. (00:01:45)
Continuity mistake: During the tour in the art gallery, Kurt and Elisabeth stop to listen to the tour guide. When the camera cuts to a closer shot of Kurt, a man in a brown jacket and beige sweater vest has suddenly appeared behind Kurt that was not visible in the previous shot. (00:02:05)
