debating here in germany that many readers already know well as a novel the german lesson by siegfried lentz is a pivotal work of post-war german literature told from the point of view of a boy coming to grips with his own experiences under the nazis. it's a story about friendship and humanity breaking down. much because one friend 1st and betrays the other. the innocent like to leave and. it's $944.00 somewhere on the german north sea coast. works have been declared degenerate by the nazis. but. that it. was a bit of just one foot. caught in the middle as a young boy who tries to please both of his father figures. but. if you ask what i think that. the screenplay of this new film version of the german lesson that was written by mother and son and. for me the landscape is one of the protectionists in this story because i actually wanted it to feel like the end of the world or feel like an apocalyptic moonscape so you could ask your so secluded here why do you have to keep on fighting a war that has its battlefields somewhere else whine when it's just you here no one lives there no one's watc