Movie: Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

Top 4 Billed Cast

Corin Redgrave
Corin Redgrave

(voice)

Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave

(voice)

Maren Kroymann
Maren Kroymann

Christoph Eichhorn
Christoph Eichhorn

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    This documentary contains dramatized episodes about the lives of Erika and Klaus Mann, the brilliant children of German writer Thomas Mann.

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    2001-04-05

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