It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
Overview
Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to the next. His adventures begin on the streets of Berlin, where the shy brunette Daniel meets the blonde Clemens, who invites him home for coffee and offers him a place to stay. Soon Daniel is living with Clemens and believes he has found the love of his life. The two try to imitate a bourgeois marriage and its lifestyle. But after four months of tedium, Daniel is cruised by a rich older man who entices him to move into his villa, where he encounters a group of older gays, pretentious in their appreciations of fine art and classical music, who fawn over him.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 5.628 |
Directed By
Rosa von Praunheim
Crew
Martin Dannecker
Robert van Ackeren
Johannes Flütsch
Jean-Claude Piroué
Rosa von Praunheim
Pia Richter-Haaser
Sigurd Wurl
Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim
Werner Kließ
TOP CAST
Berryt Bohlen
Clemens
Bernd Feuerhelm
Daniel
Ernst Kuchling
The rich man
Steven Adamczewski
(uncredited)
Dietmar Kracht
(uncredited)
Manfred Salzgeber
(uncredited)
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