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Tote Schwule - Lebende Lesben

Deutschland 2007/2008 Dokumentarfilm

Dead Gay Men And Living Lesbians
In his documentary Rosa von Praunheim creates the vision of a subculture ruled by women that is also a reassessment of the history of homosexuality and its oppression. As a result of the Holocaust and later, Aids, the male homosexual community has sustained bitter losses and, according to Praunheim, lesbian women have now placed themselves at the head of the so-called queer movement.

The female protagonists in the film represent two different generations; they also incorporate the past and present status of homosexuals in society. Berlin-based Turkish DJ Ipec moves assuredly through the club scene; journalist Manuela Kay publishes a lesbian magazine, "L-Mag", and Laura and Silke Radosh have founded a family and belong to a lesbian motherandtoddler group. Actor and cabaret artiste Maren Kroymann is another forward looking protagonist. She played a pastor′s wife in a successful television series names "Oh Gott, Herr Pfarrer" (Oh God, Reverend) before calmly coming out shortly afterwards.

The male protagonists on the other hand all belong to a generation that experienced the Third Reich and Germany at its most repressive point in history. Praunheim makes use of material he himself filmed of his now deceased protagonists in order to create a series of compelling portraits. Walter Schwarze and Albrecht Becker were both imprisoned during the Nazi era. One of the men suffered from depression and was almost broken by the experience; the other, a self-confessed masochist, enjoyed his life in prison. Entertainer Joe Luga remembers the post-war era. As a cabaret singer he once performed in women′s clothes before German troops on the Russian front – but it wasn′t until Adenauer′s government came to power that he found himself behind bars.

Source: 58. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)

 

Credits

Director

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Screenplay

  • Rosa von Praunheim (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Elfi Mikesch

Editing

  • Mike Shephard

Production company

  • Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion (Berlin)

Producer

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Alle Credits

Director

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Screenplay

  • Rosa von Praunheim (Konzept)

Director of photography

  • Elfi Mikesch

Assistant camera

  • Thomas Ladenburger

Editing

  • Mike Shephard

Sound

  • Manja Ebert

Research

  • Markus Tiarks

Participation

  • DJ Ipek
  • Anke Brucker
  • Maren Kroymann
  • Manuela Kay
  • Albrecht Becker
  • Joe Luga
  • Mahide Lein
  • Laura Radosh
  • Silke Radosh
  • Walter Schwarze

Production company

  • Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion (Berlin)

in co-production with

  • Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) / 3sat (Mainz)

Producer

  • Rosa von Praunheim

Producer (TV)

  • Inge Classen (ZDF / 3sat)
  • Nicole Baum (ZDF / 3sat)

Unit production manager

  • Martin Kruppe
Duration:
85 min
Format:
DigiBeta
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 09.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Panorama - Dokumente;
Aufführung (DE): 08.11.2008, Duisburg, Filmwoche

Titles

Additional titles
  • Originaltitel (DE) Tote Schwule - Lebende Lesben

Versions

Original

Duration:
85 min
Format:
DigiBeta
Video/Audio:
Farbe, Stereo
Screening:

Uraufführung (DE): 09.02.2008, Berlin, IFF - Panorama - Dokumente;
Aufführung (DE): 08.11.2008, Duisburg, Filmwoche

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