Director Marc Bauder with Screenwriter Dörte Franke Los Angeles, CA —I’m a frequent visitor to events put on by the arts arm of the German government. This time it was at the renowned Goethe-Institut across the street from the Screen Actor’s Guild where I’m a member. They had a real treat for me lined up. A screening of a film called Das System and a Q&A with the director Marc Bauder and one of the two screenwriters, Dörte Franke . Afterwards there was a meet and greet reception. The film was a real thriller. It interposed East Germany’s dark past with modern day corruption. The unintended protagonist is a 20 year-old boy, Mike Hiller, played by Jacob Matschenz . Later in the film, through cinematic magic, Hiller returns to play his presumed father, Rolf. The young Hiller who survives as a petty criminal, is sought out by a wealthy fellow, Konrad Böhm played by Bernhard Schütz . Böhm is...