Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth has subsequently paid for her ticket for the Oscar award ceremony out of her own pocket. A spokesman for the Green politician confirmed on Thursday a corresponding report of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".

Shortly before the Oscars, Roth received an invitation to attend the ceremony via Netflix Germany. "This ticket came from the contingent of nine Oscar-nominated film crew of 'All Quiet on the Western Front,'" it said. "At the express request of director Edward Berger, Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth was to be part of the delegation for 'All Quiet on the Western Front.'"

"From their private resources"

Roth was "happy to accept this invitation, which was also confirmed by the Academy, in order to support the film team at this award ceremony and to express his appreciation on behalf of the Federal Government on site". The record of four Oscars for the film also gave rise to this.

"When it turned out after the Oscar event that Netflix USA had apparently paid $ 2250 per ticket for these tickets of the accompanying film crew, which included the ticket offered to the Minister of State, the Minister of State immediately reimbursed these costs to Netflix, from her private funds," the spokesperson said.

Roth is responsible for the promotion of German film in the Federal Government and has "presented a proposal for the reform of the funding system, which has also attracted much international attention." In Los Angeles, she campaigned politically for the film location, German film and the nominated films, including the German-funded films "Tár" and "Triangle of Sadness".