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Yearning for Sodom

Yearning for Sodom

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 21, 1989

Runtime

0h 45m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Sehnsucht nach Sodom

Production Companies

ZDF, Hanno Baethe Film- und Videoproduktion

Director

Kurt Raab

Description

Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award