Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
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Cast & Crew
Wieland Speck
Christoph Eichhorn
Maren Kroymann
Cora Frost
Jean Loup
Guido Kleineidam
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Synopsis
The story of Klaus and Erika Mann, the two brilliant eldest children of Nobel-prize-winner Thomas Mann. Using archival footage, dramatic scenes and interviews, we see how the almost inseparable duo kept going as they grew up in the shadow of a world-famous father and a threatening war. While the siblings often claimed they were identical twins, it is certain that they had a special and tight bond that formed the basis for their exceptionally creative and intellectually productive lives. They wrote and acted and were both homosexuals and pacifists. Yet Erika married twice. Klaus, who never progressed further than an engagement, joined the American army to fight against his former fatherland. The paradoxes in their lives put a considerable pressure on their relationship, that finally broke when Klaus became addicted to drugs and Erika shifted her loyalty to her father.
Cast
Christoph Eichhorn
Maren Kroymann
Cora Frost
Jean Loup
Guido Kleineidam
Conny Appenzeller
Albrecht Becker
Sol Bondy
Thomas Bronner
Michael Callahan
Dorothee Von Diepenbroick
Vanessa Redgrave
Corin Redgrave
Barbara Nusse
Ulrich Matthes
Crew
Nuala Campbell
John Eacott
Bader El Hindi
Uli Fischer
Jörg Fockele
Jorge Fockele
Ivan Ingerman
Gabriele Keuneke
Thomas Kufus
Erika Mann
Klaus Mann
Ann T Rossetti
Greta Schiller
Wieland Speck
Claudia Spiller
Prisca Swan
Andrea Weiss
Andrea Weiss
Johannes Wienand
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Released in United States 2001
Released in United States February 2001
Released in United States Winter January 11, 2002
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (New German Films) February 7-18, 2001.
Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.
Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth With an Attitude) May 24 - June 17, 2001.
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Rotterdam International Film Festival (Main Programme Features) January 24 - February 24, 2001.)
Released in United States 2001 (Shown at Seattle International Film Festival (Documentaries: Truth With an Attitude) May 24 - June 17, 2001.)
Released in United States February 2001 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival (New German Films) February 7-18, 2001.)
Released in United States Winter January 11, 2002
