Land of Ancestors" is one of the most brilliant films of the season. Pawel Pawlikowski directed a film about how the writer Thomas Mann returns to post-war Germany. We spoke with the director after a premiere series of festivals - Cannes, Telluride, Toronto, New York, London - and an Oscar nomination from Poland, Pawel Pawlikowski's film, "Homeland", about the journey of the German writer Thomas Mann in post-war Germany, is being released worldwide. One of the standout films of the season, honored with the Cannes Award for Best Director, forced critics to compare the Europe of the 1940s with today. Anton Dolin talked with Pavlikovsky about the similarities and differences between them. Open with VPN | No VPN.