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Hans Croiset – Lucifer in BerlinTwenty-four year old actor Moritz Ackerman travels to Berlin in November 1935 for a fewdays to dub a Dutch movie. Just recently married and upon his arrival his son is born. But therecession and the prospect of earning good money in Germany make him decide to leave hisyoung family. Buying a German buggy should appease his wife with his absence.Berlin is overwhelming. The constant waving of flags, the parades and in particular thesuppression of the Jewish community suddenly make him cautious. In a Berlin studio twoGerman ‘race experts’ show him that his face has all the signs of a true Aryan. Despite hisJewish origin.Astounded by his easy acceptance of this characterization he is quickly forced to view rapidlychanging Berlin through different eyes. But his new ‘identity’ gives him access to the highsociety. He falls madly in love with a German actress and manages to prolong his stay inBerlin by replacing the director of a performance of ‘Lucifer’.Rights sold to:Germany, SchöfflingAnd while few suspect the forthcoming catastrophe in 1935, de atmosphere is tense and thefirst political and moral dilemmas occur. Even more so for Moritz, whose rebelliousinterpretation of ‘Lucifer’ is banned.‘Croiset makes the atmosphere of Berlin in those days come to life. And he also shows howthe young Moritz has to deal with moral dilemmas. Above all, Croiset is a masterly story teller.’ – Kunststof Television‘More than enough drama in this novel, that has been narrated from the father to this boy that has reached a respectable agehimself in the meantime’ – Literair NederlandAuthor: Hans CroisetTitle: Lucifer in Berlin (fiction)Original title: Lucifer onder de LindenPublished: 2010Size: 272 pages / 87.000 words