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9 January 1981 (West Germany)
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Plot:
Frank Ripploh is a bit of a rascal: he's a bearded and shaggy-haired teacher, and he's gay with a very active sex life and an interest in making films...
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(16 articles)
New-wave queer film: embracing the real
(From The Guardian - Film News. 4 October 2012, 4:00 PM, PDT)
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
(From The Guardian - Film News. 19 March 2012, 2:59 AM, PDT)
Festivals round-up: Ken Russell Forever, Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, BFI London Lgff, Annecy 2012
(From The Geek Files. 17 March 2012, 3:13 PM, PDT)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 4 October 2012, 4:00 PM, PDT)
Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
(From The Guardian - Film News. 19 March 2012, 2:59 AM, PDT)
Festivals round-up: Ken Russell Forever, Rendez-Vous With French Cinema, BFI London Lgff, Annecy 2012
(From The Geek Files. 17 March 2012, 3:13 PM, PDT)
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Gay Berlin 1980-zoomy nutty glamor of gay life explicit details.
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Cast
(in credits order) | Frank Ripploh | ... | Frank Ripploh |
| Bernd Broaderup | ... | Bernd |
| Orpha Termin | ||
| Peter Fahrni | ... | Gas station attendant |
| Dieter Godde | ||
| Klaus Schnee | ||
| Bernd Kroger | ||
| Markus Voigtlander | ||
| Irmgard Lademacher | ||
| Gregor Becker | ||
| Marguerite Dupont | ||
| Eberhard Freudenthal | ||
| Beate Springer | ||
| Millie Büttner | ||
| Gitta Lederer | ||
| Hans Gerd Mertens | ||
| Ulla Topf | ||
| Franco Papadu | ||
| Tabea Blumenschein | ||
| Magdalena Montezuma | ... | Nurse |
| Juergen Moeller | ||
| Valeska Gerstenberg | ||
| Brigitte Knigge | ||
| Hans Kellner | ... | Taxifahrer |
| Ric Schachtebeck | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Thomas Born | ... | Police Officer |
 | Liberace | ... | Himself (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| Jürgen Thormann | ... | Voice on TV (voice) (uncredited) |
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| Frank Ripploh | |||
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| Frank Ripploh | ||
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| Frank Ripploh | .... | producer | |
| Horst Schier | .... | producer | |
| Laurens Straub | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Hans Wittstatt | |||
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| Horst Schier | |||
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| Gela-Marina Runne | |||
| Matthias von Gunten | |||
Production CompaniesDistributors
- PRO-FUN media Filmverleih (2010) (Germany) (all media)
- Diagonale Diffusion (1982) (France) (theatrical)
- Breaking Glass Pictures (2010) (USA) (DVD)
- Cult Classic (2010) (Brazil) (DVD)
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Germany:95 min | USA:98 min
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Finland:K-18 | France:-16 | UK:18 (cut) | West Germany:16 (w) | UK:18 (video re-rating) (2005) (uncut) | Italy:VM18
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Banned in Britain upon its original release due to its graphic gay sex scenes.See more »
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This is really a movie about what gay life was like in 1980 Berlin---but it was not so different in the US-- other than we would never have been able to film it in such graphic detail. While explicit the tone of the movie is innocent and humorous.
I watched the movie when it first came out in 1981--it was shockingly explicit then and the version I watched at the Blue Mouse (arty movie theater) in Salt Lake City was cut. Even now I found myself looking away from the screen at a couple of the more explicit scenes.
Life was living to go out to bars to cruise to get drunk every night--it was fun...glad I did it at that age. This movie helps relive it... It was the fun innocent days before HIV.
However now at late middle age, I look at it as mostly empty nonsense--thinking it had more meaning than it did. This would be true of any youthful drama I think.
Side completely with Bernd when all is said and done. Frank Ripploh types usually end up alone. The zoomy nutty promiscuous glamor of gay life is paper thin--but it was fun!
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