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Der Kreis
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Der Kreis
Duration | 102 |
Year | 2014 |
Categories | Romance, Documentary, Drama |
Cast | Martin Hug, Aaron Hitz, Babett Arens |
Written By | Stefan Haupt, Christian Felix |
Directed By | Stefan Haupt |
Produced By | Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), Contrast Film |
Distributed By | Matchbox Films |
Film Details |
Founded in the early 1940s, the network around the magazine 'Der Kreis' ('The Circle') was the only gay organisation to survive the Nazi regime. It blossomed during the post-war years into an internationally renowned underground club. Legendary masked balls at the Theater am Neumarkt in Zurich provided 800 visitors from all over Europe with a secret and safe space to act out their 'otherness' in a self-determined way. It is there that timid teacher Ernst Ostertag falls in love with drag star Röbi Rapp. Ernst searches for a way to fight for his gayness to be accepted as normal outside the boundaries of 'The Circle' network without losing his employment as a teacher. Röbi champions the joint fruition of their love. Following a murder in the gay community, violent repression against gay people also endangers 'The Circle' network.