An interesting, if not entirely successful, biography of two extraordinary personalities: Erika and Klaus Mann, eccentric geniuses whose personal lives and work reflected both the heady days of Weimar Germany and the sober years of exile many artists faced during and after the Nazi regime. The eldest of six children born to the great German novelist Thomas Mann and his wife, Katia, Erika and Klaus were precociously creative children: Klaus began composing poetry at the tender age of five and Erika, one year his senior, transcribed for him. They also shared an unusually close bond; the siblings once claimed to be identical twins, and throughout his life Klaus sought a...
Released:
2001
Rated:
NR
Length:
85 mins