Daniel Kehlmann’s The Director is a highly fictionalized account of the Austrian filmmaker G.W. Pabst, a cinematic innovator who made incredible movies in Germany during the Weimar Republic, struck out in Hollywood, and found himself trapped in Germany at the outbreak of World War II. Pabst was coerced into making movies under the Nazi regime, trying to maintain his artistry and avoid compromising his humanity as much as possible. Kehlmann takes a panoramic approach to telling his version of Pabst’s story. In addition to chapters […]
War Movies
The Director by Daniel Kehlmann