简介：DocumentarywithdramatisedepisodesaboutthelivesofErikaandKlausMann,childrenofGermanwriterThomasMann ThisportraitofErikaMannandKlausMann,thetwoopenlygayoldestsiblingsofGermanwriterThomasMann(DEATHINVENICE)followsthemfromchildhoodthroughadulthoodinthemid-1900s.Theybothwerewriters,antifascists,andcabaretperformersandwerenearlyinseparable,havingsuchaclosebondthattheyoftentoldpeopletheyweretwins.WhenHitlertookpower,ErikaandKlausmovedtotheUnitedStateswheretheycontinuedtowrite.Duringthistime,Erikabegantodomostofherantifascistwork,whicheventuallytookhertoEngland.Klausstartedaliteraryjournal,whichfeaturedthewritingsofhisfatherandotherillustriousintellectualsofthetime.ButKlaus'sbattlewithdrugabusewasalosingoneandhespentmanyyearsdisillusionedanddepressed.Inhisforties,hecommittedsuicide,shakentothepointofsurrenderbytheFascistmovementinGermany.Throughdramaticreenactments,never-before-seeninterviewswithErika,archivalfootage,originalscreenperformancesbyErika,andanecdotesbyfriendsandfamily,ESCAPETOLIFEoffersatributetotwoextraordinaryindividualsandafamilyofhistoricallyinfluentialartists.…