CultureFilmmaker Paweł Pawlikowski says today’s world feels like science fiction

Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Fatherland,” Poland’s Oscar entry after festival premieres in Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, New York, and London, is opening worldwide. The film follows Thomas Mann’s postwar journey through Germany. Pawlikowski discusses its ties to “Ida” and “Cold War,” his minimalist visual approach, and Mann’s effort to appeal to humanist values amid collapsing systems and aggressive narratives.

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