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It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

Original title: Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt
  • 1971
  • 1h 7m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
537
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It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
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A harsh but deeply sympathetic sociological essay film about gay life in Berlin in a time of secrecy and oppression, with no diegetic sound and constant narration, following Daniel's unsatis... Read allA harsh but deeply sympathetic sociological essay film about gay life in Berlin in a time of secrecy and oppression, with no diegetic sound and constant narration, following Daniel's unsatisfying immersion into gay society.A harsh but deeply sympathetic sociological essay film about gay life in Berlin in a time of secrecy and oppression, with no diegetic sound and constant narration, following Daniel's unsatisfying immersion into gay society.

  • Director
    • Rosa von Praunheim
  • Writers
    • Martin Dannecker
    • Sigurd Wurl
    • Rosa von Praunheim
  • Stars
    • Bernd Feuerhelm
    • Berryt Bohlen
    • Ernst Kuchling
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    537
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Rosa von Praunheim
    • Writers
      • Martin Dannecker
      • Sigurd Wurl
      • Rosa von Praunheim
    • Stars
      • Bernd Feuerhelm
      • Berryt Bohlen
      • Ernst Kuchling
    • 5User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    Bernd Feuerhelm
    Bernd Feuerhelm
    • Daniel
    Berryt Bohlen
    • Clemens
    Ernst Kuchling
    • Der Reiche
    Volker Eschke
    • Sprecher
    • (voice)
    Michael Bolze
    • Sprecher
    • (voice)
    Steven Adamczewski
      Dietmar Kracht
        Norbert Losch
          Manfred Salzgeber
            • Director
              • Rosa von Praunheim
            • Writers
              • Martin Dannecker
              • Sigurd Wurl
              • Rosa von Praunheim
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            Storyline

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            • Connections
              Featured in Schau mir in die Augen, Kleiner (2007)
            • Soundtracks
              Was ist das Ziel?
              (uncredited)

              Performed by Alexandra

            User reviews5

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            9/10
            Fight for your rights! and we did it... (the best we could...)
            It's excellent. It's a great essay (done in a particular and creative way) on gay life by a gay man who lived in Berlin in 1970, and it sounds valid even today to think about the progress we have made. 50 years later, we can say, many good things have happened for homosexual people in many countries of the world and societies have changed too. As the movie asks for, many of us have come together and fought for our rights (and still are) ... Equality marriage is a reality (even parenthood by adoption or surrogacy, etc.) not even imagined in this movie . We also navigate the water of AIDS... We learned how to maintain a relationship for years or decades (through agreements that are often not so "classic")... and even we helped heterosexuals to expand their options in terms of ways of being as a couple or building a family (for example through civil unions, or open relationships, etc...) And most importantly, we learned how to overcome the internal homophobia, the self-hatred that many of us had developed as children, simply because our family and the people around us were homophobic ... I think this is the main subject of this film ... The fight against homophobia starting with ourselves and of course the others (the macho culture, the submission of women , the religions built around that, etc.). And we did ... (and we still are) ..
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            • fabiog-26-358885
            • Feb 14, 2021

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            • Release date
              • November 24, 1977 (United States)
            • Country of origin
              • West Germany
            • Language
              • German
            • Also known as
              • Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt
            • Filming locations
              • Germany
            • Production companies
              • Bavaria Atelier
              • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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            • Budget
              • DEM 250,000 (estimated)
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            • Runtime
              1 hour 7 minutes
            • Color
              • Color
            • Sound mix
              • Mono
            • Aspect ratio
              • 1.37 : 1

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