My Wonderful West Berlin ( Mein wunderbares West-Berlin )

My Wonderful West Berlin (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Mein wunderbares West-Berlin
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2017 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Jochen Hick

Written By:
Jochen Hick

Actors:
Mabel Aschenneller ..... Self
Wolfgang Cihlarz ..... Self
Rolf Eden ..... Self
Egmont Fassbinder ..... Self
Romy Haag ..... Self
Peter Hedenström ..... Self
Gerhard Hoffmann ..... Self
Manuela Kay ..... Self
René Koch ..... Self
Patsy L'Amour LaLove ..... Self
Wilfried Laule ..... Self
Dirk Ludigs ..... Self
Detlef Mücke ..... Self
Wolfgang Müller ..... Self
Aron Neubert ..... Self
Salomé ..... Self
Bob Schneider ..... Self
Klaus Schumann ..... Self
Wieland Speck ..... Self
Wolfgang Theis ..... Self
Gloria Viagra ..... Self
Rosa von Praunheim ..... Self
Udo Walz ..... Self
Westbam ..... Self
Wolfgang Winkler ..... Self
Judy Winter ..... Self
Klaus Wowereit ..... Self
Ades Zabel ..... Self
Jochen Hick ..... Self
Heinz Petruo ..... Narrator

Synopsis:

Today's hip image of Berlin is based on the city's vibrant and subversive subcultures, which originally emerged within the grey walls surrounding West Berlin. The queer scene played a major role in creating that subculture, with its sexual diversity and its wild and unconstrained party culture, ranging from the notorious clubs to CSD. Many of the scene's actors, such as the Gay Museum, the Teddy Award, AIDS help organizations, and the queer magazine Siegessäule originated before 1989. Yet gays in West Berlin suffered greatly under an incongruous provision in German law - the infamous 'Paragraph 175' - that made homosexual acts between men a crime up until its reform in 1969. Raids and arrests in bars were common, yet ultimately failed in suppressing gay life in West Berlin. Instead, the city turned into a gay capital. The late seventies in particular were a period of great sexual and political freedoms and more intense social intermingling between the gay-, hetero-, and transsexual worlds. Then AIDS struck, wrecking greater havoc in Berlin than in any other German city. After OUT IN EAST BERLIN (2013), MY WONDERFUL WEST BERLIN describes gay life in the western half of the city in the dynamic period between the end of WWII and the fall of the Berlin Wall, all the while referencing current social issues. The stories and experiences of political activists, party-goers, hedonists, club owners, musicians, fashion designers, a DJ, and a make-up artist paint a vivid picture of the gay scene in that period. The use of never before seen archival film footage completes the picture by allowing viewers to travel through time to a hitherto unknown West Berlin. MY WONDERFUL WEST BERLIN explores the historic roots of the fascinating city, that is a dream destination and a place of refuge for gay men form across the world to this day. The film is the second part of filmmaker Jochen Hick's Berlin trilogy, the final part of which will focus on the period after the fall of the Wall, up until today.

This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 13 August, 2023.