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Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo (1978)
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16 November 1978 (West Germany)
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After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women. | add synopsis
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Toy boys for the Weimar belles, just before hells bells
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Bowie | ... | Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski |
 | Sydne Rome | ... | Cilly |
 | Kim Novak | ... | Helga von Kaiserling |
| David Hemmings | ... | Captain Hermann Kraft |
| Maria Schell | ... | Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski |
| Curd Jürgens | ... | Prince |
| Erika Pluhar | ... | Eva |
| Hilde Weissner | ... | Aunt Hilda |
| Werner Pochath | ... | Otto |
 | Marlene Dietrich | ... | Baroness von Semering |
| Rudolf Schündler | ... | Oberst Gustav von Przygodski |
| Evelyn Künneke | ... | Frau Aeckerle (as Evelyn Künnecke) |
| Friedhelm Lehmann | ... | Major Alexander von Müller |
| Karin Hardt | ... | Frau Uexkull |
| Rainer Hunold | ... | Lothar |
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Just a Gigolo (USA)
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147 min | Australia:90 min | USA:98 min (cut version)
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Marlene Dietrich was filmed in Paris but editing makes her seem to be in Berlin with David Bowie.
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Featured in Marlene Dietrich: Shadow and Light (1996) (TV)
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Just A Gigolo
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Take a look at the cast, from Bowie to Dietrich, from Sydne Rome to Curt Jurgens, and Maria Schneider and... Amazing isn't it !
The movie is nonetheless a bit bland but it is worth seeing how aged women see younger men and how decadence can be enjoyable !