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Taxi zum Klo is a 1981 film written by, directed by, and starring Frank Ripploh. The film is a dark comedy of manners that explores the life of a Berlin school teacher and the contrasts between his public and private lives. It was sexually explicit for general audiences of the day and for some time afterwards. As a result, the film was not passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification until 2011,[1] though it was widely shown in club cinemas. Taxi zum Klo was considered groundbreaking for its subject matter and achieved a cult status among audiences of the time.
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| Directed by | Frank Ripploh |
| Written by | Frank Ripploh |
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| Cinematography | Horst Schier |
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| Music by | Hans Wittstatt |
| Distributed by | Promovision International (USA) |
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Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Germany |
| Language | German |
Shot on location with many characters appearing as themselves, the film documents gay culture in West Berlin in the brief moment post gay liberation and before the onset of AIDS, around 1980. Ripploh has stated that much of the film was autobiographical. The name literally means Taxi to the Toilet (or "Cab to the Cottage", etc.), that being a place for casual gay sex.[2][3]
Cast
- Frank Ripploh as Frank Ripploh
- Bernd Broaderup as Bernd
- Orpha Termin
- Peter Fahrni as Gas station attendant
- Hans-Gerd Mehrtens as the Leather Boy
- Dieter Godde
- Klaus Schnee
- Bernd Kroger
- Markus Voigtlander
- Irmgard Lademacher
- Gregor Becker
- Marguerite Dupont
- Eberhard Freudenthal
- Beate Springer
- Millie Büttner
- Gitta Lederer
- Toller Cranston in a cameo role as himself
Critical reception
The Village Voice hailed it as "the first masterpiece about the mainstream of male gay life".[4] Taxi zum Klo tied with Beau-père in winning the 1981 Boston Society of Film Critics Award for best foreign language film.[5]
References
- "Taxi Zum Klo". www.bbfc.co.uk. British Board of Film Classification. 22 April 2011. Retrieved 25 May 2015.
- Movie Review: Taxi zum Klo (1981) Janet Maslin, The New York Times, 2 October 1981.
- Taxi Zum Klo, review Sukhdev Sandhu, The Daily Telegraph, 21 April 2011.
- Private Affairs: Critical Ventures in the Culture of Social Relations by Phillip Brian Harper, paperback edition, page 70
- "Past Award Winners Archived 2017-07-30 at the Wayback Machine," Boston Society of Film Critics, URL accessed March 1, 2013.
External links
- Taxi zum Klo at IMDb
- Taxi zum Klo at AllMovie
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На других языках
[de] Taxi zum Klo
Taxi zum Klo ist ein Spielfilm des Regisseurs Frank Ripploh, gedreht im Jahr 1980. Er schildert das Alltagsleben eines schwulen Lehrers in Berlin.- [en] Taxi zum Klo
[ru] Такси до туалета
«Такси до туалета» (нем. Taxi zum Klo) — автобиографический фильм западногерманского режиссёра Франка Риппло (нем. Frank Ripploh) о буднях берлинского школьного учителя — гея.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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