January 4, 2012
Fernando F. Croce, CinePassion
Frank Ripploh,
Bernd Broaderup,
Magdalena Montezuma,
Ric Schachtebeck,
Tabea Blumenschein
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In this autobiographical feature, Frank Ripploh plays himself: a German elementary-school instructor who lives a double life in his beloved Berlin, socializing with his fellow teachers only when he ha... read more
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
Stats: 27 reviews
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July 20, 2011
S. James Wegg, JWR
First released three decades ago, this self-produced portrait of Frank Ripploh's excursions into Berlin's gay world is curiously sexless seen in 2011. Full Review
April 23, 2011
Philip French, Guardian [UK]
A milestone in the history of both free speech and the representation of gays in the cinema. Full Review
April 21, 2011
Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]
Three decades ago, this was seen as a challenging "issue" movie. Now it looks more like a daring, acid black comedy filmed on the hoof. Full Review
April 21, 2011
Sukhdev Sandhu, Daily Telegraph
A loving document of pre-Aids Berlin, and a touching comedy about the human desire for and struggle to achieve intimacy. Full Review
April 21, 2011
David McGillivray, Radio Times
Now, post-Aids, the film is a museum piece, but nonetheless enjoyable. Sadly, after making an unsuccessful sequel, Ripploh faded from view. Full Review
April 21, 2011
Derek Malcolm, This is London
This isn't a moral tale: it's rather a frank and open appraisal of the German gay scene of the time, sometimes roughly made yet invested with humour and irony. Full Review
April 20, 2011
Tom Dawson, Total Film
A refreshingly non-judgemental and amusing portrait of homosexuality in the pre-AIDS era, Taxi Zum Klo matter-of-factly addresses the mundane and the perverse. Full Review
April 18, 2011
David Parkinson, Empire Magazine
If you can stomach the rectal probing, this is a fierce and funny dissection of a life lived on the edge. Full Review
April 14, 2011
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
With echoes of the 1978 UK film Nighthawks, this milestone movie traces the increasingly messy life of a Berlin schoolteacher who cruises for sex after hours. And it has relevant things to say about r... Full Review
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