Christopher and Heinz - One love in Berlin

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Movie
German title Christopher and Heinz - One love in Berlin
Original title Christopher and His Kind
Country of production Great Britain
original language English
German
Publishing year 2011
length 90 minutes
Rod
Director Geoffrey Sax
script Kevin Elyot
music Dominik Scherrer
camera Kieran McGuigan
cut Paul Knight
occupation
synchronization

Christopher and Heinz - Eine Liebe in Berlin (original title: Christopher and His Kind , also: Christopher and Heinz ) is a British drama directed by Geoffrey Sax , the plot of which is based on the life of Christopher Isherwood .

action

In the early 1930s, the young British writer Christopher Isherwood traveled to Berlin. He decides to live there for a while and goes to the nightclubs frequented by gays and lesbians. One day he met the young street sweeper Heinz Neddermeyer. The two fall passionately in love. However, as the influence of the Nazis increases and the homosexuals face increasing hostility, Christopher and Heinz decide to flee to England. There, as a German and as a gay man, Heinz meets with suspicion. He is arrested on charges of illegal entry and deported to Germany. Only after the end of the war do the two see each other again - but time and events have left their mark.

occupation

The synchronization of the film was done at Berliner Synchron based on a dialogue book and directed by Sabine Jaeger .

role actor Voice actor
Heinz Neddermeyer Douglas Booth Niclas Lutz
Jean Ross Imogen Poots Tanya Kahana
Kathleen Isherwood Lindsay Duncan Liane Rudolph
Christopher Isherwood Matt Smith Alexander Doering
Gerald Hamilton Toby Jones Lutz Schnell
Bobby Gilbert Will Kemp Robin Kahnmeyer
Gerhardt Neddermeyer Tom Wlaschiha Peter Flechtner
Caspar Alexander Doetsch Vanya Gerick

background

The film is based on Isherwood's autobiography from 1976, Christopher And His Kind (Eng. Christopher and his family , 1992). The German first broadcast took place on February 20, 2011 on the channel ARTE .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. German synchronous index: German synchronous index | Movies | Christopher and Heinz - One love in Berlin. Retrieved July 19, 2018 .