Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR
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.
- Overview
- Cast
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Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Oct 31, 2013
Runtime
1h 34m
Genres
Documentary
User Score
100%
Original Title
Out in Ost-Berlin: Lesben und Schwule in der DDR
Production Companies
Galeria Alaska Productions
Director
Andreas Strohfeldt
Description
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.
