Narrative
Der Verräter
Not translated into English
Nikolaus Hein · 1948
Synopsis
The narrative goes back over the revolutionary upheavals that Luxembourg went through from 1831 to 1839, through the path of one man in a small village, and tries to shed light on the birth of the country. In the film adaptation, a municipal secretary stubbornly refuses the Belgian nationality desired by the majority of the inhabitants, and is regarded as a traitor.
Context
Awarded the Luxembourg literature prize in 1947, the narrative appeared in 1948, then was reissued in 1994 in the Lëtzebuerger Bibliothéik, with an introduction and commentary by Joseph Groben. Menn Bodson, Marc Olinger and Gast Rollinger adapted it for the cinema in 1989, for the hundred and fiftieth anniversary of independence, under the title De falschen Hond, from a screenplay by Henri Losch; a Dutch translation appeared in 2017.
Who it is for
For understanding, through a village story, how Luxembourg became a country in its own right.
Prizes and reception
Joseph Groben made it in 2019 the thread of a historical and literary travel guide devoted to Ehnen.