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Fatherland Review: Sandra Hüller and Hanns Zischler are Sensational in Paweł Pawlikowski’s Transcendent Chamber Piece [A-] Cannes
In Thomas Mann’s final novel, “Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkühn, as Told by A Friend,” the Nobel Prize-winning writer repositions Goethe’s Faust, exploring the crisis that shook and stirred Europe in the immediate aftermath of World War II. What’s so astonishing about Mann’s sprawling portrait of a fictional artist is that the musicality in its design connects directly with the central character’s passion, and its allusion to the Third Reich still feels strikingly contemporary. Polish master Paweł Pawlikowski (Ida, Cold War) is well-versed in uncovering the dark turmoils of history, and with his latest film, …
