The Angel Of History
Arpaia, Bruno / Proctor, Minna Clever, persuasive, compelling . . .The portrayal of Walter Benjamin is masterly.'Allan Massie, ScotsmanFor a brief moment in 1940, a young Spanish militant and a reclusive German Jewish scholar are thrown together. Both men have fled Fascist persecution in their homeland. But until the day their paths converge, on a remote mountain pass, their experiences of war have been vastly different.Based on the events of Walter Benjamin's life, and str...