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Christopher and His Kind (2011)

UK:: 15 US:: NR Drama Romance

In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and would-be actress Jean Ross, who sings tunelessly in a seedy cabaret club. They and others he meets get put into his stories. After a fling with sexy rent boy Caspar he falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt. With Fascism rapidly rising Christopher returns to London with Heinz but is unable to prevent his return to Germany when his visa expires. Years later Christopher, now a successful writer, returns to Berlin for a final meeting with Heinz, now married with children.

Updated May 20 2020

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germany world war ii misfit post world war ii

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Runtime: 90 mins Rating: 6.5 Tag Line: A Seminal Journey of Self-Discovery. Homepage: Website

Cast

Toby Jones

Gerald Hamilton

Imogen Poots

Jean Ross

Stuart Graham

Passport Officer

Lindsay Duncan

Kathleen Isherwood

Tom Wlaschiha

Gerhardt Neddermayer

Will Kemp

Bobby Gilbert

Iddo Goldberg

Wilfrid Landauer

Matt Smith

Christopher Isherwood