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  • 2017
  • Bond/360
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2017
  • Bond/360
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Twenty-five years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic, New York filmmaker Petra Epperlein returns to her childhood home of Karl Marx City to find the truth about her late father’s suicide and his rumored Stasi past. Had he been an informant for the secret police? Was her childhood an elaborate fiction? As she looks for a...

Directed By: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

Written By: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

  • 2017
  • Bond/360
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2017
  • Bond/360
  • 1 h 29 m

Karl Marx City

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Twenty-five years after the collapse of the German Democratic Republic, New York filmmaker Petra Epperlein returns to her childhood home of Karl Marx City to find the truth about her late father’s suicide and his rumored Stasi past. Had he been an informant for the secret police? Was her childhood an elaborate fiction? As she looks for a...

Directed By: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

Written By: Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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80% Positive
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20% Mixed
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83
Mar 29, 2017
In its haphazard search for facts, it happens upon a great many truths about how we see each other, and the price we pay for looking too closely.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
83
Mar 23, 2017
It’s a remarkable picture of inbound focus and outbound ambitions.
By Andrew Crump FULL REVIEW
80
Apr 20, 2017
Shot in evocative black and white, Karl Marx City is a sleek, absorbing detective story, a fascinating primer on mass surveillance in the pre-Snowden era, and a roving memoir of East German life.
By Justin Chang FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 23, 2017
A key joy of Karl Marx City is its strong, arty aesthetic.
By Stephen Dalton FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 26, 2017
Petra Epperlein's personal ties to the subject matter provides the documentary with a necessary anchor point.
By Jake Cole FULL REVIEW
50
Mar 29, 2017
As too often happens in nonfiction movies, their exploration of these concepts is undermined by ill-considered execution.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
42
Mar 23, 2017
Oscillating between personal documentary and a scattered historical record, Karl Marx City leaves dramatic tension and narrative threads by the wayside in favor of casting wide thematic webs.
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Release Date Mar 29, 2017
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Awards

Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Nomination

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