Twentyfive years after the collapse of the german democratic republic gdr, filmmaker petra epperlein returns to the proletarian oz of her childhood to find the truth about her late fathers suicide and his rumored stasi. Together, between censorship and police raids, riots and. Take an emotional and personal journey with a filmmaker through former east germany, as she discusses the impact of her fathers 1999 suicide. Twentyfive years after the collapse of the german democratic republic gdr, filmmaker petra epperlein returns to her hometown of karl marx city to find the. Born today most popular celebs most popular celebs celebrity news. In the documentary karl marx city, a grim but enlightening homecoming a filmmaker returns to the former east germany to uncover family secrets. The mystery of her epperleins fathers life and death provides karl marx city with suspense, and with a concrete sense of profound moral and emotional stakes. Karl marx city explores secrets and surveillance wbez. For 50 years, film at lincoln center has been dedicated to supporting the art and elevating the craft of cinema and enriching film culture. His father, heinrich, a successful lawyer, was a man of the enlightenment, devoted to kant and voltaire, who took part in agitations for a constitution in prussia. Karl marx city is showing at facets multimedia april 7, 2017. Petra epperlein and michael tucker take a powerfully personal journey through the former east germany, as epperlein investigates her fathers 1999 suicide and the possibility that he may have worked as a spy for the dreaded stasi security service. Karl marx city 2016 123movies 123 movies watch full movie.
The young karl marx le jeune karl marx is a 2017 historical drama film about karl marx directed by haitian filmmaker and political activist raoul peck, cowritten by peck and pascal bonitzer, and starring august diehl. This documentary, is a smart, highly personal addition to the growing. Karl marx city is a documentary that reminds us just how close and recent one of the most oppressive regimes was the western world. Mustseea biographical portrait and a work of sociopolitical archaeology, karl marx city is an essayistic, quietly moving look at another lost worldthe movie draws you in quickly with its intelligence, its restrained emotions and its jawdropping period material, which includes some wildly creepy stasi surveillance imagery. Karl marx city nyff54 film society of lincoln center. In the documentary karl marx city, a grim but enlightening homecoming a filmmaker returns to the former east germany to uncover family secrets and explore how life behind the berlin wall traded. Both of his parents were jewish, and descended from a long line of rabbis, but his. A film about a city under surveillance where people cannot trust each other and society ultimately collapses. How east germans spied on themselves, in karl marx city. The eighteenth brumaire of louis bonaparte karl marx 443 downloads. Books by marx, karl sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Collected works selected works date index subject index letters marx quotes biography images study guides contact marxengels archive marxists internet archive. Karl heinrich marx was the oldest surviving boy of nine children.
Karl marx city 2016 89 min documentary 14 october 2016 petra epperlein and michael tucker take a powerfully personal journey through the former east germany, as epperlein investigates her fathers 1999 suicide and the possibility that he may have worked as a spy for the dreaded stasi security service. Engels, the dandy, provides the last piece of the puzzle to. In sweet movie, directed by dusan makavejev, a boat with a giant karl marx figurehead sailing along a river is a consistent narrative motif. Karl marx city germany film northwest film forum seattle.
Epperlein, the films narrator and subject, as a girl saw the twilight years of one. The 50 volumes contain all the written works of marx and engels including formerly unpublished manuscripts and letters. In the young karl marx, a scruffy specter haunts europe. Tiff its easy to go down the rabbit hole of the subject of modern surveillance and come out sounding like a raving paranoid, karl marx city codirector petra epperlein told us. The documentary karl marx city reveals the truth about a police state. His mother, born henrietta pressburg, was from holland. It was screened at the berlin film festival, from 919 february 2017. For tickets and information, please karl marx city official us trailer on vimeo. In karl marx city a filmmaker examines her past, her family and life in east germany. The documentary karl marx city reveals the truth about a. Twentyfive years after the collapse of the german democratic republic. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket.
She managed to get out in its last days and eventually married american filmmaker michael tucker. The marxengels collected works is the largest collection of translations into english of the complete works of karl marx and frederick engels, covering the period 18351895. Michael tucker is an american documentary film director, best known for his recent. Karl marx city is a stunner an impressively inventive take on the personal doc that, with the sinister banality of its archival footage, expands from the personal to the political before concluding with a breathtakingly perfect ending.
Karl marx city is a personal investigation into a family tragedy, but also into the old communist regime, and the murky connections between them. In 1844 in paris, he meets friedrich engels, an industrialists son, who has been investigating the sordid birth of the british working class. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Epperlein and her codirector mike tucker joins wbez film contributor, milos stehlik to talk about making the film.
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