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Zürich in the mid 50‘s: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag becomes a member of the gay organisation Der Kreis. There he gets to know the transvestite star Röbi Rapp – and immediately falls head over heels in love with him. Röbi and Ernst live through the high point and the eventual decline of the organization, which in the whole of Europe is seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation. Ernst finds himself torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality, for Röbi it is about his first serious love relationship. A relationship which will last a lifetime. The film looks back from the present to the time when the "Mother" of all European homosexual organizations had its high point to the time it slowly fell apart. While the repression against homosexuals became increasingly more intense in Zurich, two young and very different men fight for their love and – together with their friends – for the rights of gays.

Genres: Documentary, Drama

Starring: Matthias Hungerbuhler, Sven Schelker, Babett Arens

Released: September 18, 2014

Runtime: 100.0

Popularity Rating: 0.940

Contrast Film, SRF zwei

Switzerland

Ernst Matthias Hungerbuhler
Robi Sven Schelker
Romy Babett Arens
Willi Ottli Aaron Hitz
Kommissar Baumgartner Martin Hug
Max Peter Jecklin
Martin Ueli Jaggi
Rinaldi Sebastian Ledesma
Gabi Marie Leuenberger
Jean-Martin Matthias Meier
Kommissar Stamm Markus Merz
Gian Antoine Monot Jr.
Salome Ruth Schwegler
Sue Maja Stolle
Erika Marianne Sagebrecht
Felix Anatole Taubman
Rolf Stefan Witschi

Directing — Director: Stefan Haupt
Production — Executive Producer: Ivan Madeo
Production — Producer: Urs Frey
Sound — Music Editor: Federico Bettini