The new film from Helmut Dietl

Twenty-five years after his cult TV series, Kir Royal, director Helmut Dietl has now come released a sort of ?sequel? for the big screen. Zettl focuses on the high-flying career of a ruthless media man in Berlin. As satire, however, the frigid figures in Zettl fail to warm up to viewers. ... more more

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Flowering young girls and dirty washing

Tuesday 29 March, 2005

In his first work of fiction, Rome-born writer Alessandro Piperno addresses his social milieu. Italian critics are calling his portrayal of the Jewish bourgeoisie politically incorrect. The book is the talk of the town. By Franz Haas
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