Tag Archives: Albrecht Schuch

the storm before the silence (film: Im Westen nichts Neues – Edward Berger, 2022)

The name of Edward Berger, the director of the new version of the screen version of Erich Maria Remarque‘s novel ‘Im Westen Nichts Neuen‘ (‘All Quiet on the Western Front‘) was already known to me. He directed 5 of the … Continue reading

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Berlin according to Burhan Qurbani (film: Berlin Alexanderplatz – Burhan Qurbani, 2020)

The ambitious German director Burhan Qurbani faced a double legend when he decided to make his ‘Berlin Alexanderplatz‘. The literary starting point is Alfred Döblin‘s novel written and published during the Weimar Republic, a book that is repeatedly included in … Continue reading

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