Katia Mann: A Life with Thomas Mann

Streaming video - 1969

Katja Mann, wife of German novelist Thomas Mann, recalls their fifty years of marriage and their history both as a couple and independent intellectuals. Born in Germany, the Manns were exiled to the United States during WWII, and returned to Europe after the war, settling in Kilchberg near Zurich. Katja (née Pringsheim) was a witness to all her husband’s writing and guarded him from interruptions throughout the years. Thomas Mann’s well known literary accomplishments include Buddenbrooks, The Magic Mountain, Death in Venice, Joseph and His Brothers, and Doctor Faustus. In this conversation with Elisabeth von Plessen, Katja and her son Golo describes their life in vivid detail and reveal the background to many of Mann’s important writ...ings. Filmed in Katja’s home in Kilchberg in 1969.

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Genres
Documentary films
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Michael Blackwood Productions 1969.
2019.
Language
German
Other Authors
Christian Blackwood (film director), Michael Blackwood
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A Kanopy streaming video
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In Process Record.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (81 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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AVAILABLE FOR USE ONLY BY IOWA CITY AND RESIDENTS OF THE CONTRACTING GOVERNMENTS OF JOHNSON COUNTY, UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS, HILLS, AND LONE TREE (IA).