Das Glasperlenspiel [The Glass Bead Game]

Vienna: N.p., Circa 1970s. Treatment script for an unproduced film. Text in German. Based on Herman Hesse's last full-length novel "Das Glasperlenspiel" or "The Glass Bead Game," published in 1943.

Years into the future, a class of intellectuals is concerned only with running boys' boarding schools and playing the Glass Bead Game, which involves a sophisticated synthesis of arts, science and culture in order to excel. Hesse's novel was published in Switzerland because German government officials considered it a critique of the Nazi regime.

Title page present, noted as Treatment, with credits for author Herman Hesse, and screenwriter Dr. Titus Leber. 26 leaves, with last leaf of text numbered 25. Xerographically duplicated. Pages Near Fine, housed in a Near Fine orange prong binder with clear front wrapper. Text in German.

[Book #141642]