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World Service,6 mins

A film director in Nazi Germany

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The Director is by Daniel Kehlmann and translated by Ross Benjamin. It's one of the six books nominated for the 2026 International Booker Prize. It's the true story of film director G.W. Pabst, who fled the Nazis for Hollywood, but who then returned.

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