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Karl Marx City (2017)

Genre : Documentary

Runtime : 1H 29M

Director : Petra Epperlein, Michael Tucker

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Petra Epperlein
Petra Epperlein
Herself
Christa Epperlein
Christa Epperlein
Herself
Uwe Epperlein
Uwe Epperlein
Himself
Volker Epperlein
Volker Epperlein
Himself
Udo Grashoff
Udo Grashoff
Himself
Hubertus Knabe
Hubertus Knabe
Himself

Crews

Petra Epperlein
Petra Epperlein
Director
Michael Tucker
Michael Tucker
Director

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