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THE COOK, HIS BOOK, THE KING AND HIS SILENCE: ABOUT A FILM BY HANS-JÜRGEN SYBERBERG
by Claudia Siefen-Leitich
If you want to get a picture of Germany, it is important to note that this country is made up of 16 constituent states. Well, if you start from the current political situation: The German Empire at that time is something you can read about and appropriate historically, but back to a Germany of 16 federal states. Not only today does this mean a concert of sounds and a mixture of 16 dialects, cultures and temperaments, which some people may not realise if they only look at Germany from the outside. Or on a map.