Felix Randau Reveals Why Claes Bang Was Perfect For The Role Of Himmler’s Shady Masseur In ‘I Is Another’: “If Claes Tells You A Lie, You Want To Believe Him”

German director Felix Randau hits the Locarno Film Festival’s Piazza Grande this evening with post-World War Two drama I Is Another starring Claes Bang as Heinrich Himmler’s real-life controversial massage therapist Felix Kersten. A psychological game of cat and mouse ensues intercut with flashbacks to Kersten’s interactions with Himmler across World War Two. “In Germany, these Nazi guys are always portrayed as grotesque kind of characters who could have jumped out of a comic book…. “That was the beginning, but to be honest, getting to the bottom of who Kersten really was, nobody can tell. He’s like a shimmering marsh flower, a strange kind of guy.”