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Book Review: ‘The Director,’ by Daniel Kehlmann

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Book Review: ‘The Director,’ by Daniel Kehlmann

A new novel considers the perplexing life and times of G.W. Pabst, the Austrian filmmaker who worked in the shadow of the Reich.

By J. Hoberman

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A Novelist Finds Unsettling Echoes in a Nazi-Era Filmmaker’s Compromises

Daniel Kehlmann wrote “The Director” only to realize how loudly the moral quandaries faced by G.W. Pabst would resonate today.

By David Segal