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Materializing in the spring of 1933, based on a novel by British politician Thomas F. Tweed that was anonymously published in the U.S. the same month that Hitler came to power in Germany, Gabriel Over ...

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This article appeared in the February 14, 2025 edition of The Film Comment Letter, our free weekly newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing. Sign up for the Letter here. Debut, or, ...

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