Overview
A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.
Fun facts
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Awards
Won the Teddy Award
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2015)
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Setting
Set in Zurich
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Tobias Dengler
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Urs FreyScreenplay
- Ivan MadeoScreenplay
- Stefan HauptScreenplay
- Christian FelixScreenplay
- Original title
- Der Kreis
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 18, 2014
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Switzerland
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In the United States
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Cast
Matthias HungerbühlerErnst Ostertag
Sven SchelkerRöbi Rapp- Babett ArensRomy Sieber
Aaron HitzTeacher Willi Öttli
Martin HugCommissioner Baumgartner
Peter JecklinPrincipal Dr. Max Sieber
Ueli JäggiMartin Ostertag- Sebastian LedesmaRinaldi - Italian Rent-Boy
Marie LeuenbergerMiss Gabi Gerster- Matthias MeierJean-Martin
- Markus MerzCommissioner Stamm
Antoine Monot Jr.Gian
Ruth SchweglerSalome Ostertag- Maja StolleSue the Barmaid
Marianne SägebrechtErika Rapp
Anatole TaubmanFelix Schupp- Stefan WitschiRolf
- Röbi RappHimself
- Ernst OstertagSelf
- Claudio SchenardiFredi
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