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The Childhood of a Leader (film) The Childhood of a Leader (film) The Childhood of a Leader is a 2015 historical mystery drama film, co-written, co-produced and directed by Brady Corbet, and is Corbet's feature film directorial debut. It is loosely based on Jean-Paul Sartre's short story "The Childhood of a Leader", published in 1939 in a collection entitled "The Wall", and John Fowles's 1965 novel "The Magus". Corbet co-wrote the screenplay with his wife Mona Fastvold, and filmed both an English and a French language version. The film chronicles the childhood of a fascist leader in the period immediately following World War I. Production began