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Bookmark this pageCity of Lost Souls (1983)
Director: Rosa von Praunheim Holger Mischwitzki
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Rosa von Praunheim's fictionalised account of the lives of his expatriate American acquaintances in Berlin. On the surface, a deranged comedy caper; sympathetically observed TVs and TSs, bizarre cabaret artistes, prostitutes, gays, straights, blacks and whites thriving in adversity in a Berlin of hallucinogenic fast-food outlets, lunatic self-improvement cults, cartooned nightclub life and immigration-squad raids. But behind the laughter there are numerous pointed comments on modern-day Germany, on fascism and on sexual, social, political and geographical statelessness. Heavy stuff - but von Praunheim ends up celebrating his friends' lives in a funny, startling and mocking 'punk' musical that even finds time for a Broadway-style happy ending. Jayne County's rise to Iron Curtain pop stardom is debilitatingly funny, and the whole might be described as a Rocky Horror Gastarbeiter Problem.Author: JG
Cast & crew
Director: Rosa von Praunheim Holger Mischwitzki
Producer: Rosa von Praunheim Holger Mischwitzki
Cast: Angie Stardust, Jayne County, Lorraine Muthke, Wolfgang Schumacher full cast
Duration: 94 mins
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