Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR (2013)

10/31/2013 (DE) • Documentary • 1h 34m

Overview

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.

Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR (2013)

10/31/2013 (DE) • 1h 34m

Documentary

Overview

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.

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Bettina Dziggel

Marinka Körzendörfer

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords

east germany

lgbt

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