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1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 108 min.) |
| Summary |
Although he has a girlfriend who is expecting his child, Philipp, a young teacher in Berlin, meets Matthias and falls in love. After years of repressing his homosexuality, he must finally accept himself for who he truly is. The first and only DEFA feature film about homosexuality, Coming Out premiered on November 9, 1989 ... the evening the Berlin Wall came down. Philipp and Tanja teach at the same school. Both enjoy their work immensely, win their pupils' trust and talk about pressing problems. Tanja, especially, sees the love of her life in this friend. Philipp is attracted to her as well, but when a friend from his youth reminds him of an earlier erotic bond, he realizes that he is gay. It is a fact he has been repressing for years. Philipp falls passionately in love with Matthias. Matthias puts all his trust in Philipp and the relationship seems to have potential ... but Philipp is a coward. He lacks the courage to tell Tanja the truth, as she is expecting his child, and he also fails to commit himself to Matthias or honestly confront his sexual orientation |
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Title from title frames |
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Originally produced by DEFA Film Library in 1989 |
| Credits |
Director of Photography, Martin Schlesinger ; Music, Stefan Carow ; Set Designer, Georg Wratsch ; Edit, Evelyn Carow ; Costumes, Regina Viertel ; Production Manager, Horst Hartwig ; Scenario Editor, Erika Richter |
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Matthias Freihof (Philipp), Dagmar Manzel (Tanja), Dirk Kummer (Matthias), Michael Gwisdek (Achim), Gudrun Ritter (Mrs. Moellemann), Walfriede Schmitt (Philipp's mother) |
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In German, with optional closed captions in English |
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Gay people -- Germany (East) -- Drama
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Closeted gay people -- Germany (East) -- Drama
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Germany (East) -- Drama
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Closeted gays
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Gay people
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Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
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Germany (East)
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired
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Romance films
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Drama
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Feature films
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Feature films.
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Romance films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Gay/lesbian
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Films d'amour.
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Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
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Streaming video
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Carow, Heiner, 1929-1997, film director.
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Carow, Evelyn, film editor.
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Carow, Stefan, composer (expression)
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Witt, Wolfram, screenwriter.
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Freihof, Matthias, 1961- actor.
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Manzel, Dagmar, actor.
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Kummer, Dirk, actor.
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Gwisdek, Michael, 1942-2020, actor
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Dissel, Werner, 1912-2003, actor.
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DEFA. Studio für Spielfilme, production company.
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Icestorm Entertainment GmbH, production company.
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Gruppe Babelsberg, production company.
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