Taxi zum Klo 1980

Taxi zum Klo 1980

Taxi zum Klo 1980
1h 38min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 9 January 1981 (West Germany)

Storyline:

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. He keeps his personal life and teaching separate, but he sometimes corrects student papers in public toilets as he waits to score. He cruises constantly, and one evening, he meets Bernd. They become lovers. While Bernd is attentive and caring, Frank gets bored and continues his polymorphously perverse ways. For how long will Bernd and Frank tolerate each other’s habits, and for how long can Frank keep his sexual orientation out of the classroom? Things come to a head during Berlin’s annual Queen’s Ball and the morning after.

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Coming Out 1989

Coming Out 1989

Coming Out 1989
1h 53min | Drama, Romance | 10 November 1989 (East Germany)

Storyline:

Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. Philipp, a closeted teacher is dating a female collegue to keep up appearances. One night, by ‘accident’ he stumbles into a gay bar, meets and promptly falls in love with a young man. Transformed by this love he is no longer afraid to face up to who he is

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Unsolved Suburbia 2010

Unsolved Suburbia 2010

Unsolved Suburbia 2010
1h 5min | Crime, Drama | Video 5 October 2010

Storyline

MARTY is a quirky straight guy weekdays, and gay on weekends, a high school senior, who along with his questionably straight friend JAKE, unravels the mystery of who put a hit on their friend THOMAS’S new gay lover. Jake uses his expertise as a peeping tom and gossip monger to discover neighborhood secrets, while Marty helps Thomas hide safely. At home Marty has problems of his own, when his boyfriend MICHAEL, and girlfriend ANYBODYS, find out about each other. When a surprise fourth person is sneaks into the room, the end results might be deadlier than the hit man.

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Otto – Up with Dead People 2008

Otto - Up with Dead People 2008

Otto – Up with Dead People 2008

Otto – Up with Dead People 2008
1h 34min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy | 18 September 2008 (Germany)

Storyline:

Otto is a handsome, sensitive, neo-Goth zombie with an identity crisis wandering the streets of the city, until one day he auditions for a zombie film…

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Shelter 2007

Shelter 2007

Shelter 2007
Shelter (original title)
R | 1h 37min | Drama, Romance, Sport | 16 April 2009 (Germany)

Storyline

Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach spends his days working a dead-end job and helping his needy sister care for her son. In his free time he surfs, draws and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe, who lives on the wealthy side of town. When Gabe’s older brother, Shaun, returns home, he is drawn to Zach’s selflessness and talent. Zach falls in love with Shaun while struggling to reconcile his own desires with the needs of his family.

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Die Konsequenz 1977

Die Konsequenz 1977

Die Konsequenz 1977
1h 40min | Drama | 2 December 1977 (West Germany)

Storyline

Thomas is the son of a prison warden. He falls for and seduces Martin, who is older and one of the prison inmates. After Martin is released, They try to build a relationship and a life together but, no one will let them alone.

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