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The Director: Daniel Kehlmann at Edinburgh International Book Festival
Austrian Cultural Forum London28 Rutland Gate, London
Tue 25 Aug · 19:15
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Catch Austrian-German writer Daniel Kehlmann at the Edinburgh International Book Festival 2026! Hollywood to Nazi Germany, Garbo to Goebbels – The Director is Daniel Kehlmann’s imaginative take on filmmaker G W Pabst and the heady entanglement of art, politics, and power at the peak of the Nazi regime. Exploring complicity and moral compromise, the rise and fall of German cinema, and the politics and propaganda of the silver screen, don’t miss International Booker Prize-shortlisted Kehlmann discussing his controversial, magnificent book, and his storied career with Chair Pasquale Iannone . Tuesday 25 August 2026, 7.15pm Courtyard Theatre Edinburgh Futures Institute Lauriston Place, EH3 9EF For more information and tickets see here .
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