In front of Barbara Niggl Radloff's lens, Hannah Arendt smiles mischievously. The face of the writer Erich Kästner is overtaken by flowers. Actress Lale Andersen pretends to look like Marilyn Monroe in the swirls of smoke from her cigarette. Barbara ...

Laure Etienne
Laure Etienne is a journalist based in Paris, and a former member of the editorial staff of Polka and ARTE.
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