Karl Marx City

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Documentary

2017, Movie, 1h 29min

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.

Country: Germany,United States

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6.5

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Critic Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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...Karl Marx City is at heart a psychological family drama—the story of a tightly knit household that outlived an oppressive society, only to find itself faced with a doubt about the past that amounts to an existential quandary.

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In "Karl Marx City," a filmmaker embarks on a personal journey to uncover the truth behind her father's suicide in former East Germany. Through a mix of archival footage and intimate interviews, Stasi's secret police files and her father's past are brought to light, revealing a web of secrets and lies that span decades. As she delves deeper into her investigation, she discovers a complex and hidden history that sheds new light on the regime's grip on its citizens. A powerful and emotional documentary that explores the human cost of living under a dictatorship, and the enduring impact it has on those who survived it.

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