Play of light

Daniel Kelman's novel "The Game of Light" resembles an expressionist film. And this is not surprising: after all, its main character is Georg Wilhelm Pabst, one of the most prominent figures in cinema, perhaps the best director of his era. In the 1930s, Pabst worked in France, and when the Nazis came to power in Germany, he moved overseas. However, in Hollywood, under the blinding Californian sun, a cold reception awaited him. Even Greta Garbo, whom he immortalized, was unable to help him. And in the end, due to family circumstances and after several failures in America, Pabst returns to his homeland - to Austria, which is now called Ostmark and is part of the Third Reich. He still believes that he can resist propaganda and will not submit to the will of the Nazi bonzes, that for him there is no other dictatorship than the dictatorship of art, but the first step towards his life turning into a hopeless mess has already been taken - he is trapped: the borders are closed, World War II has begun...