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In the brutality of ‘The Brutalist,’ a misunderstanding of the Jewish architect’s experience
Architect Marcel Breuer, circa 1966. Photo by Getty Images By Benjamin Ivry February 12, 2025 In Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist, Adrien Brody plays László Tóth, a Hungarian Jewish survivor of Buchenwald concentration camp, with his customary emotional …