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Der Kreis

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Der Kreis
Duration102
Year2014
CategoriesRomance, Documentary, Drama
CastMartin Hug, Aaron Hitz, Babett Arens
Written ByStefan Haupt, Christian Felix
Directed ByStefan Haupt
Produced BySchweizer Radio und Fernsehen (SRF), Contrast Film
Distributed ByMatchbox 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.