Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR (2013)
• October 31st, 2013 • 1h 34min
Documentary
Overview
Paragraph 175, which made homosexual behavior punishable by law, was abolished in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1968. At that time, heterosexual nuclear families constituted the center of socialist society, and homosexuality was considered a peripheral issue in the GDR. Out in East Berlin —Lesbians & Gays in the GDR tells the impressive-to-absurd personal histories of gay men and lesbians in the GDR, from the post WWII years until the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
Undressing Israel: Gay Men in the Promised Land
Released on: 2013-01-13
Documentary
When many people think of Israel, it is often in terms of modern war or ancient religion. But there ...
Dressed in Blue
Released on: 1983-09-06
Drama, Documentary
A documentary about the lives of six transgender women in post-Franco Spain.
Synonymous With
Released on: 2021-04-12
Horror, Drama, Documentary, Comedy, History
A student's increasingly intimate line of questioning causes his interview with a local horror host ...
Kate Bornstein Is a Queer & Pleasant Danger
Released on: 2014-06-17
Documentary
For decades, performance artist and writer Kate Bornstein has been exploding binaries and deconstruc...
The Circle
Released on: 2014-09-18
Drama, Documentary
A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between hi...
The Colour of His Hair
Released on: 2017-06-20
Drama, Documentary
Based on an unrealized film script written in 1964 for The Homosexual Law Reform Society, a British ...
Comrade Couture
Released on: 2009-02-07
Documentary
This film undertakes a journey into the amazing parallel universe of East Berlin’s fashion designers...
Battle of Soho
Released on: 2017-05-01
Documentary
In November 2014 the Iconic club Madame Jojos closed its doors. This event being interpreted by many...
Cruel and Unusual
Released on: 2006-10-24
Documentary
Five transgender women share their prison experiences. Interviews with attorneys, doctors, and other...
The Fall of '55
Released on: 2006-06-10
Documentary
In late 1955 and early 1956, the citizens of Boise, Idaho believed there was a menace in their midst...
Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric
Released on: 2017-02-06
Documentary, TV Movie
Katie Couric travels across the U.S. to talk with scientists, psychologists, activists, authors and ...
Boys on Film 23: Dangerous to Know
Released on: 2023-07-24
Drama, Thriller, Documentary
Boys on Film presents ten encounters from across the globe, where the dangerous allure of a risky at...
Die Zeit meines Lebens - Dirty Dancing in Ost und West
Released on: 2022-07-10
Documentary
In 1987, a small film distributor from Frankfurt/Main brings the film "Dirty Dancing" to West German...
Lil Nas X: Long Live Montero
Released on: 2023-09-09
Music, Documentary
A remarkably intimate portrait of an artist on tour navigating identity, family, expectations, and a...
Doin' Time in the Homo No Mo' Halfway House
Released on: 2008-01-01
Comedy, Documentary
See for yourself what happens behind the doors of America's zaniest ex-gay residential program. Pete...
I Am My Own Woman
Released on: 1992-10-30
Drama, Documentary
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped s...
Warriors of the Discotheque
Released on: 2015-08-17
Documentary
The place is the notorious Starck Club (so called because it was the first major project designed by...
Queer Japan
Released on: 2020-12-11
Documentary
Trailblazing artists, activists, and everyday people from across the spectrum of gender and sexualit...
Chavela
Released on: 2017-06-16
Documentary
Inspired by an exclusive interview and performance footage of Chavela Vargas shot in 1991 and guided...
Rebel Dykes
Released on: 2021-11-26
Documentary, Animation
A heady, energised mash-up of animation, unseen archive footage and interviews, Rebel Dykes provides...