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The Director

By Daniel Kehlmann

The Director

By Daniel Kehlmann

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"G.W. Pabst, one of cinema's greatest directors of the 20th century, was filming in France when the Nazis seized power. To escape the horrors of the new and unrecognizable Germany, he fled to Hollywood. But now, under the blinding California sun, the world-famous director suddenly looks like a nobody. Not even Greta Garbo, the Hollywood actress whom he made famous, can help him. When he receives word that his elderly mother is ill, he finds himself back in his homeland of Austria, which is now called Ostmark. Pabst, his wife, and his young son are suddenly confronted with the barbaric nature of the regime. So, when Joseph Goebbels--the minister of propaganda in Berlin--sees the potential for using the European film icon for his directorial genius and makes big promises to Pabst and his family, Pabst must consider Goebbels's thinly veiled order"--
Product details
Number of Pages:
352
Release Date:
2025-05-06
Publication Date:
2025-05-06
Publisher:
S&s/Summit Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1668087790
ISBN13:
9781668087794
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
500 g
Height:
156 cm
Width:
232 cm
Thickness:
35 cm
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