Escape to Life: The Erika and Klaus Mann Story

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

Cast

Corin Redgrave

as (voice)

Vanessa Redgrave

as (voice)

Maren Kroymann

Christoph Eichhorn

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