‘Mank’ Fact Check: Did Herman Mankiewicz Really Help 100 People Escape Nazi Germany?
(Spoiler alert: Do not read on if you haven’t seen David Fincher’s “Mank.”)In David Fincher’s “Mank,” Lily Collins’ character Rita Alexander hears that her boss, “Citizen Kane” screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz, helped 100 people flee out of Nazi Germany.