Episode 311: Talking G.W. Pabst with author Daniel Kehlmann

What this episode covers

On this episode of Geek 4 I’m joined by award-winning and internaotionally reknowned author, Daniel Kehlmann. Kehlmann’s latest novel —The Director — has recently been translated into English and is available now. The Director tells the story of pioneering Austrian filmmaker G.W. Pabst (Pandora’s Box, Diary of a Lost Girl, Threepenny Opera) who finds himself back in his homeland just before the outbreak of World War II. With some reluctance, Pabst resumes making films under the Nazis, making both artistic and moral concessions and compromises. In our conversation, Kehlmann describes why he was drawn to write this story as well as the nature of artists. Kehlmann’s novel is both intimate and sweeping, the story of an artist and his relationships and a world at war. It is profound and beautiful.

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