Just a Gigolo (1978) ( Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo )

Just a Gigolo (1978) (Blu-Ray) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo
Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Spanish ( Mono )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( Blu-Ray/Region B )

Running Time:
105 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1978 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
David Hemmings

Written By:
Julius Brammer
Irving Caesar

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

The West German Just a Gigolo has little to do with the popular song of the same name. Its central character, played by David Bowie, is a World War I-era Prussian aristocrat. Living by his wits throughout Europe, Bowie uses his sexual prowess with beautiful women (and powerful men) to advance himself. The leering lothario eventually comes to grief in the decadent Berlin of the 1920s. We don't know how he did it, but director David Hemmings managed to corral some of the most stellar sex goddesses in film history to play cameos in Just a Gigolo: Kim Novak, Maria Schell, and even Marlene Dietrich. The film was originally released as Schoner Gigolo, Armer Gigolo.

After the First World War a young shell-shocked Prussian officer returns to Berlin. He finds that the life he knew there has vanished for ever; he cannot adjust to the new times. He drifts along without direction until finally he becomes a gigolo employed by Baroness von Semering.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 17 February, 2025.