In Daniel Kehlmann’s Latest Novel, Everyone’s a Collaborator

Daniel Kehlmann writes in his new novel the story of the famous film director GW Pabst, active in Nazi Germany. DN's Mats Almegård meets the German author on a visit to Sweden for a conversation about American despots, far-right comedians and returning to Austria.

In Daniel Kehlmann’s Latest Novel, Everyone’s a Collaborator

David Denby on Daniel Kehlmann’s book “The Director,” which uses G. W. Pabst’s filmmaking career to map the moral and artistic disintegration of Nazi-occupied Europe.