Coming Out + introduction

Introduced by Dr Stephan Ehrig, University of Glasgow. In Heiner Carow’s Teddy Award-winning tale of an East German teacher, Philipp (Matthias Freihof) begins to question his sexuality after a reunion with a childhood friend, which brings back long-suppressed desires. By day, a model citizen with a loving girlfriend (Dagmar Manzel), an encounter with a handsome young man (Dirk Kummer) draws Philipp further and further into Berlin’s queer subcultures. Coming Out was the result of a decades-long fight by activists for the East German state to provide equality for queer people in all its activities, including through the DEFA, the state-run agency responsible for producing films. With its premiere taking place on the evening the Berlin Wall fell, the film is a unique window into gay life in East Berlin before it was transformed by reunification. Screening as part of Queer Cinema from the Eastern Bloc, a season from Cinema Rediscovered. German with English subtitles.DramaPT1H53M152025-02-04

Matthias Freihof

Dagmar Manzel

Dirk Kummer

Heiner Carow

Coming Out + introduction"Coming Out + introduction"

Showtimes

February 3, 8:00 pm