Director Christian Petzold on the Weight of Germany’s Nazi History, the Berlinale Scandal and His Latest Film: ‘Movies are More Questions Than Answers’
Published on March 19, 2026.
German director Christian Petzold has released a new film, "Miroirs No. 3," which is among his most compelling visions yet. The film, which stars Paula Beer as Laura, follows a woman who is taken in by a family after a car wreck and learns that they are treating her as a surrogate for their lost daughter. Despite this small scale story being told with warmth and humanity, the director acknowledges that the weight of Germany's Nazi history hangs over Germans and his own family's history with Nazism. He also discusses the recent scandals at the Berlin Film Festival and the struggle to make his way in a national movie industry that was hampered by decades of repression.
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