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It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 4, 1971

Runtime

1h 7m

Genres

Drama, Documentary, History

User Score

51%

Original Title

Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt

Production Companies

WDR, Bavaria Film

Director

Rosa von Praunheim

Description

Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to the next. His adventures begin on the streets of Berlin, where the shy brunette Daniel meets the blonde Clemens, who invites him home for coffee and offers him a place to stay. Soon Daniel is living with Clemens and believes he has found the love of his life. The two try to imitate a bourgeois marriage and its lifestyle. But after four months of tedium, Daniel is cruised by a rich older man who entices him to move into his villa, where he encounters a group of older gays, pretentious in their appreciations of fine art and classical music, who fawn over him.