Among Men: Gay in East Germany
2012, German. Directed by Ringo Rösener & Markus Stein.
More than two decades ago, a country in Europe existed that marked the border to a different political and economic system, yet was the very heart of the continent. This country called the German Democratic Republic, made Socialism a reality and was home to 17 million people. Born in the deep eastern provinces, Ringo Rösener witnessed East Germany's collapse as a nation. Ringing in the new millennium, he leaves his hometown of Anklam to live out his homosexuality – something he had never dared to do. Would an openly gay life even have been possible in the real Socialist system? Ringo Rösener meets six gay men who lived in the GDR. Some of them speak openly about their sexuality for the first time in their lives. Little by little, they open up, share their stories, and talk about their lives in the supposedly uniform state.
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- 1h 31m
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- Released
- 25 April 2012
- Original title
- Unter Männern - Schwul in der DDR
- Country
- Germany
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Among Men: Gay in East Germany (2012) was directed by Ringo Rösener and Markus Stein.