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My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
97 min | Documentary, Biography, History

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My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)

97 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Today's hip image of Berlin is based on the city's vibrant and subversive subcultures, which originally emerged within the grey walls surrounding West Berlin. The queer scene played a major role in creating that subculture, with its sexual...See moreToday's hip image of Berlin is based on the city's vibrant and subversive subcultures, which originally emerged within the grey walls surrounding West Berlin. The queer scene played a major role in creating that subculture, with its sexual diversity and its wild and unconstrained party culture, ranging from the notorious clubs to CSD. Many of the scene's actors, such as the Gay Museum, the Teddy Award, AIDS help organizations, and the queer magazine Siegessäule originated before 1989. Yet gays in West Berlin suffered greatly under an incongruous provision in German law - the infamous 'Paragraph 175' - that made homosexual acts between men a crime up until its reform in 1969. Raids and arrests in bars were common, yet ultimately failed in suppressing gay life in West Berlin. Instead, the city turned into a gay capital. The late seventies in particular were a period of great sexual and political freedoms and more intense social intermingling between the gay-, hetero-, and transsexual worlds. Then AIDS struck, wrecking greater havoc in Berlin than in any other German city. After OUT IN EAST BERLIN (2013), MY WONDERFUL WEST BERLIN describes gay life in the western half of the city in the dynamic period between the end of WWII and the fall of the Berlin Wall, all the while referencing current social issues. The stories and experiences of political activists, party-goers, hedonists, club owners, musicians, fashion designers, a DJ, and a make-up artist paint a vivid picture of the gay scene in that period. The use of never before seen archival film footage completes the picture by allowing viewers to travel through time to a hitherto unknown West Berlin. MY WONDERFUL WEST BERLIN explores the historic roots of the fascinating city, that is a dream destination and a place of refuge for gay men form across the world to this day. The film is the second part of filmmaker Jochen Hick's Berlin trilogy, the final part of which will focus on the period after the fall of the Wall, up until today. Written by Jochen Hick See less

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30 cast members

Name	Known for
Mabel Aschenneller Self Self See fewer	Teddy Award 2008 (2008)
Wolfgang Cihlarz Self Self See fewer	Karussell (1977)
Rolf Eden Self Self See fewer	Sinai Commandos: The Story of the Six Day War (1968)
Egmont Fassbinder Self Self See fewer	My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Romy Haag Self Self See fewer	Mascara (1987)
Peter Hedenström Self Self See fewer	Welcome All Sexes: 30 Jahre Teddy Awards (2016)
Gerhard Hoffmann Self Self See fewer	Der Kleine und der alte Mann (1993)
Manuela Kay Self Self See fewer	Fucking Different XXX (2011)
René Koch Self Self See fewer	The Return of the Ding (2018)
Patsy L'Amour LaLove Self Self See fewer	Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
Wilfried Laule Self Self See fewer	Sex Revolutions (2018)
Dirk Ludigs Self Self See fewer	Prince in Hell (1993)
Detlef Mücke Self Self See fewer	My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Wolfgang Müller Self Self See fewer	Naturkatastrophenkonzert (1983)
Aron Neubert Self Self See fewer	E.K.G. Expositus (die öffentlichen und die künstlerischen Medien) (2004)
Salomé Self Self See fewer	My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Bob Schneider Self Self See fewer	When Edith's Bells Toll (2016)
Klaus Schumann Self Self See fewer	My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Wieland Speck Self Self See fewer	Westler: East of the Wall (1985)
Wolfgang Theis Self Self See fewer	My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Gloria Viagra Self Self See fewer	Desire Will Set You Free (2015)
Rosa von Praunheim Self Self See fewer	Anita: Dances of Vice (1987)
Udo Walz Self Self See fewer	Der Brocken (1992)
Westbam Self Self See fewer	Berlin Blues (2003)
Wolfgang Winkler Self Self See fewer	My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Judy Winter Self Self See fewer	Woman Doctors (1984)
Klaus Wowereit Self Self See fewer	Scheibenwischer (1980)
Ades Zabel Self Self See fewer	Mutti - Der Film (2003)
Jochen Hick Self (uncredited) Self (uncredited) See fewer	Talk Straight: The World of Rural Queers (2003)
Heinz Petruo Narrator (archive footage) (uncredited) Narrator (archive footage) (uncredited) See fewer	Tausend Melodien (1956)