Via Appia
1990, German. Directed by Jochen Hick.
A controversial movie about Brazil's seedy underworld
Frank, a HIV infected former Lufthansa steward, goes back to Rio from Germany with a film crew to look for Mario, a young man with whom he had a one night stand. Before Mario departed the morning after, he left a message scrawled in soap on the bathroom mirror: 'Welcome to the AIDS club'. Frank and his director hire a fast talking hustler named José (Guilherme di Padua) to help them to find Mario who seems alway to have just left whenever they arrive. Via Appia is the nickname of a Rio district where male prostitutes hang out...
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- German
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- 1 September 1990
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
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Via Appia runs 90 minutes (1h 30m).
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Via Appia isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 September 1990. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Via Appia?
Via Appia (1990) was directed by Jochen Hick and stars Peter Senner, Guilherme de Pádua, Yves Jansen.