The Braun Identity

When legendary filmmaker Lasse Braun announces he's disappearing on one final "mission," his son Axel expects another of his father's elaborate fantasies. Instead, the conversation opens the door to a lifetime of astonishing stories—stories of rebellion, privilege, deception, and the unlikely rise of a young Italian aristocrat who refused to accept the future his family had planned for him.

Expelled from law school after publicly denouncing censorship, Alberto Ferro abandons a life of diplo...