Synopsis
During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code. Thousands were murdered in concentration camps. This powerful and disturbing documentary, narrated by Rupert Everett, presents for the first time the largely untold testimonies of some of those who survived.
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Cast
- Rupert EverettNarrator (voice)
Recommendations
- 100
San Francisco Chronicle
An exquisite and powerful documentary -- one whose elegance only heightens its devastating impact. - 90
Variety
The definitive screen chronicle to date of homosexual persecution under the Third Reich. - 90
Wall Street Journal
It's astonishing, and moving. - 90
The New York Times
At once admirable and deeply unsettling. - 90
L.A. Weekly
Speaks so eloquently for itself, there's not much more for me to do than urge you to get over to the Nuart for the one week it's playing in Los Angeles. - 88
Miami Herald
It's an eye opener to how quickly a society can switch from being open and tolerant to pointing fingers -- and worse -- at those deemed different. - 83
Portland Oregonian
Perhaps the most disturbing fact in the film comes in the text at the end: Paragraph 175 remained on the books in both halves of postwar Germany until the late 1960s. - 80
Los Angeles Times
Illuminating, poignant and heartening.
