Karl Marx City (2016)

Review: Karl Marx City (2016)

Director: Petra Epperlein

Cast: Petra Epperlein, Christa Epperlein, Uwe Epperlein, Volker Epperlein, Udo Grashoff,

Petra Epperlein
Petra Epperlein
Christa Epperlein
Christa Epperlein
Uwe Epperlein
Uwe Epperlein
Volker Epperlein
Volker Epperlein
Udo Grashoff
Udo Grashoff

Plot: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker take a powerfully personal journey through the former East Germany, as Epperlein investigates her father’s 1999 suicide and the possibility that he may have worked as a spy for the dreaded Stasi security service.

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Haunted by the past: <i>Karl Marx City</i> (2016)

Haunted by the past: Karl Marx City (2016)

Karl Marx City (2016) is a strange, disturbing documentary exploration of family history in the context of an oppressive police state, East Germany. In uncovering the story of her father, co-director Petra Epperlein reveals how powerful political […]

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