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- 2002
- The Cinema Guild
- 1 h 25 m
- 2002
- The Cinema Guild
- 1 h 25 m
Summary This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.
Directed By: Wieland Speck
- 2002
- The Cinema Guild
- 1 h 25 m
- 2002
- The Cinema Guild
- 1 h 25 m
Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story
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Summary This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.
Directed By: Wieland Speck
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
34
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
43% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
57% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
The resulting collaboration is a strange beast;
Looks great but tells us little about the subjects.
Why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures? Wouldn't one about their famous dad, author of "Death in Venice," etc., be more valuable?
It's a bad sign when you're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects' deaths just so the documentary will be over, but it's indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest.
The re- enactments, however fascinating they may be as history, are too crude to serve the work especially well.
The only rationale for the production seems to be that the pair were gay, and therein lies the main problem with this uninspired example of queer-film-festival filler.
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Production Company
Jezebel Productions,
Zero-Film
Release Date Jan 11, 2002
Duration 1 h 25 m
Awards
Seattle Queer Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
