Westler

Synopsis

Cast

• Sigurd Rachman as Felix
• Rainer Strecker as Thomas
• Andy Lucas as Bruce
• Frank Rediess as Bernie
• Andreas Bernhardt as Jürgen
• Sasha Kogo as Elke
• Hans-Jürgen Punte as Lutze
• Zazie de Paris as night club singer
• Harry Baer as Customs officer
• Christoph Eichhorn as actor
• Jörg Uwe Dost as Guest at the bar
• Thomas Kretschmann as Soldier
• Georges Stamkowski as Pavel
• The Waltons as the Band
• * Martin Zastrow as Band member
• * Engelbert Rehm as Band member
• Andrew Kelner as Little child

  Awards

• Max Ophüls Festival, Audience Award, 1985
• San Francisco International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Audience Award, 1986
• Torino International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, the Festival's Plate, 1987

  Reception

• Helmut Schödel in Die Zeit said "... secretly must be filmed, secretly loved... it's about love, not about truth... I'm excited..."
• Encyclopedia of International Film : "A film about one in the multiple sense, love between the systems"; He tries to describe the Berlin Wall not only as an obstacle between people and political blocs, but also as a borderline between the Old and New World. "
• Uwe Witiatock, from Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said "Partially without official filming permission and therefore filmed with a hidden camera, the divided city of Berlin has an unreal, foreign atmosphere, as if we were in Hong Kong or Singapore. You feel like being in the role of a visitor to a zoo, marveling at the conditions under which beings live in a completely different world. "
• taz : "The love story between the young men is extremely pleasant, unobtrusive and unimaginably self-evident. Partially filmed with a hidden camera on original DDR locations, Westler is one of the few German productions that is worthwhile! "