The beheaded rooster
The Beheaded Rooster is a novel by the German-speaking writer and prison pastor Eginald Schlattner, who lives in Romania . The novel was published in 1998 by Paul Zsolnay Verlag Vienna and was very well received by the German literary feuilletons . Because of the matter, there were also some controversial discussions and accusations from my own compatriots.
content
In the novel, today's prison pastor Eginald Schlattner comes to terms with his past in Transylvania at the time of the Third Reich . At a time when 16-year-old Felix and his friends are awaiting the Jewish death festival to celebrate their graduation, the focus is on betrayal by their best friend, childhood love and the exclusion of Jews by the Transylvanian Hitler Youth .
filming
In 2007 the film was made into a film by Radu Gabrea , also under the title The beheaded cock .
literature
- Paul Jeute: The beheaded rooster. The film adaptation of a novel or the fate of the Transylvanian Saxons , Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-656-13724-5