I was truly impressed by this adaptation of Lion Feuchtwanger's novel "The Lautensack Brothers", which was first published in 1943 in the United States. The plot tells the story of the telepathist and clairvoyant Oskar Lautensack, who, after a rapid rise, becomes Hitler's advisor. During a meeting with the SA chief of staff, Lautensack foresees the Reichstag fire. However, the vain clairvoyant becomes caught up in his private interests and the expectations of the political rulers, which leads to his downfall. Several characters in "The Lautensack Brothers" are clearly based on historical figures, including Oskar Lautensack, who is based on the life story of the occultist Erik Jan Hanussen. This story was filmed again in the 1988 film "Hanussen" that was directed by Istvan Szabo. I liked this TV series so much that I also read the entire earlier trilogy by Lion Feuchtwanger: Success, The Oppermanns, and Exile. My enthusiasm could have something to do with the fact that when I watched the series, I myself did not live in a democratic country but in a dictatorship, although it is certainly difficult to compare communist Poland with the bloodthirsty Nazi regime. In any case, watching this series was a great experience for me, and I also understood that every writer should tell the truth about his times, which is not always easy and is associated with a great responsibility.
