Arletty and her German Officer by Klaus Harpprecht (.ePUB)
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Arletty and her German Officer by Klaus Harpprecht
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Overview: Against All Odds – The Film Star and the German Officer
Paris during the German occupation: Theatre and film star Arletty, unforgettable as Garance in “Children of Paradise,” falls in love with German officer Hans Jürgen Soehring, a lawyer who tried his hand at writing after the war, later became a diplomat, and tragically lost his life as ambassador to the Republic of Congo. The two are bound by a passionate affair under the hostile gaze of their fellow French citizens and the German occupying forces. But even a performance ban, house arrest, and demotion after the liberation cannot harm their love. Arletty, blind for the last twenty years of her life, died at a very advanced age in 1992.
A glamorous Franco-German story of love and war, which Klaus Harpprecht tells with great passion and elegance.
About the Author and Other Contributors
Klaus Harpprecht, born in Stuttgart in 1927, worked for many years as a journalist, among other things. He was the first correspondent in America for RIAS Berlin, SFB, WDR, and ZDF. From 1966 to 1969, he was head of the S. Fischer publishing house in Frankfurt am Main, and from 1972 to 1974, speechwriter and advisor to Chancellor Willy Brandt. In 1982, he moved to France. He produced documentaries and also contributed to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and especially Die Zeit. Klaus Harpprecht is the author and editor of many major and successful books, including his highly acclaimed biography of Thomas Mann and, most recently, a biography of Marion Countess Dönhoff. He has received numerous awards, including the Lessing Prize of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg. Klaus Harpprecht is a Knight of the French Legion of Honor. He lives in La Croix-Valmer in southern France with his wife, Renate Lasker-Harpprecht.
This is an unofficial translation intended for personal, not commercial, use. Translation and cover by Rb.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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