Tracking Edith

Peter Stephan Jungk : 2016

Based on his non-fiction book Die Dunkelkammern der Edith Tudor-Hart, Peter Stephan Jungk explores the secret life of his great aunt Edith Tudor-Hart (born Edith Suschitzky in 1908, in Vienna, died 1973 in Brighton). She was best known in the art world as an iconic photographer. When she wasn't taking photos of Vienna's and London's workers and street children, of poverty and social deprivation she was working as a Soviet agent. Being a secret agent for the KGB doesn't seem to have come naturally to the photographer. She recruited Kim Philby, and was one of the architects of the Cambridge Five, the Soviet Union's most successful spy ring in Great Britain. Edith was Jungk's great aunt, his mother's cousin; the writer/filmmaker tries to unravel the truth about his aunt's life, in Austria, Great Britain and Russia. A documentary about the renowned photographer, about a spy with a conscience and hidden secrets in a family.

Tracking Edith – trailer (vimeo)