Directed by:
David HemmingsCinematography:
Karl SteinbergerComposer:
Günther FischerCast:
David Bowie, Sydne Rome, Kim Novak, David Hemmings, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Werner Pochath, Marlene Dietrich, Rudolf Schündler, Evelyn Künneke, Karin Hardt (more)VOD (1)
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Paul von Przygodski (David Bowie), a young Prussian gentleman, arrives in the trenches in time to be caught in the final explosion of the Great War. After recuperating in a military hospital, where he is mistaken for a French hero, he returns to Berlin. His family home has been turned into a boarding house, his father (Rudolf Schündler) is paralyzed, and his mother (Maria Schell) is working in the Turkish baths. Attempting to find a new purpose, his childhood friend, Cilly (Sydne Rome), abandons him for fame and fortune; his former commanding officer, Captain Kraft (David Hemmings), tries to persuade him to join his right-wing movement and a widow, Helga von Kaiserling (Kim Novak), briefly seduces him with the finer things in life. In a society where the individual comes first and anyone can be bought, he is recruited by Baroness von Semering (Marlene Dietrich) as one in her regiment of gigolos. The cynical and decadent world of entertaining rich widows leads an increasingly disillusioned Paul to a poignant, chilling end. (Fabulous Films)
(more)Cast
David Bowie
UK
Best movies:
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) (concert)
The Prestige (2006)
The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
Sydne Rome
USA
Best movies:
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
St. Rita (2004) (TV movie)
Anna Karénina (2013) (TV movie)
Kim Novak
USA
Best movies:
Vertigo (1958)
The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
David Hemmings
UK
Best movies:
Gladiator (2000)
The Long Day's Dying (1968)
Blow-Up (1966)
Maria Schell
Austria
Best movies:
Gervaise (1956)
Le Notti Bianche (1957)
Cimarron (1960)
Curd Jürgens
German Empire
Best movies:
The Longest Day (1962)
Battle of Britain (1969)
The Artist in the Circus Dome: Clueless (1968)
Werner Pochath
Austria
Best movies:
Piratii din Pacific (1975)
Joko invoca Dio... e muori (1968)
Sonny & Jed (1972)
Marlene Dietrich
German Empire
Best movies:
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Blue Angel (1930)
Rudolf Schündler
German Empire
Best movies:
The Stars Shine (1938)
The Last Will of Dr. Mabuse (1933)
Kings of the Road (1976)
Evelyn Künneke
German Empire
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Just a Gigolo (1978)
Karin Hardt
German Empire
Best movies:
Barcarole (1935)
Town Without Pity (1961)
Just a Gigolo (1978)
Reinhard Kolldehoff
German Empire
Best movies:
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
The Damned (1969)
The Violent People (1970)
Günter Meisner
German Empire
Best movies:
The Tin Drum (1979)
The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
Ace of Aces (1982)
Christiane Maybach
German Empire
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Fox and His Friends (1975)
Y Sa Lo
Austria
Best movies:
Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) (series)
Satan's Brew (1976)
Lola (1981)
Rainer Hunold
West Germany
Best movies:
Just a Gigolo (1978)
Morgen, ihr Luschen! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film (2008)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Erika Pluhar
Austria
Best movies:
Just a Gigolo (1978)
The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick (1972)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Martin Hirthe
German Empire
Best movies:
Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
Todesschüsse am Broadway (1969)
Maigret und sein größter Fall (1966)
Friedhelm Lehmann
Best movies:
The Call of the Wild (1972)
Just a Gigolo (1978)
Didi - Der Doppelgänger (1984)
Gudrun Genest
German Empire
Best movies:
Just a Gigolo (1978)
The Bloody Dead (1967)
Tatort (1970) (series)