A German Life Av Christopher Hampton

<p><i>I had no idea what was going on. Or very little. No more than most people. So you can¿t make me feel guilty.</i><br><br>Brunhilde Pomsel¿s life spanned the twentieth century. She struggled to make ends meet as a secretary in Berlin during the 1930s, her many employers including a Jewish insurance broker, the German Broadcasting Corporation and, eventually, Joseph Goebbels. Christopher Hampton¿s play is based on the testimony she gave when she finally broke her silence to a group of Austrian filmmakers, shortly before she died in 2016. <br>Maggie Smith, alone on stage, plays Brunhilde Pomsel. <br><br>Christopher Hampton¿s play is drawn from the testimony Pomsel gave when she finally broke her silence shortly before she died to a group of Austrian filmmakers, and from their documentary <i>A German Life </i>(Christian Kr¿nes, Olaf M¿ller, Roland Schrotthofer and Florian Weigensamer, produced by Blackbox Film & Media Productions).</p>