Coming Out

feature film, 1989

DIRECTED BY: Heiner Carow

Coming Out

CAST:
Matthias Freihof (Philipp),
Dagmar Manzel (Tanja),
Dirk Kummer (Matthias),
Michael Gwisdek (Achim),
Werner Dissel (vlasnik kluba)

SCRIPT:
Wolfram Witt

PHOTOGRAPHY:
Martin Schlesinger

Synopsis:
Philip is a schoolteacher in a relationship with Tanja, a colleague from work. Even though in his youth he was attracted to men, because of his surroundings he had to suppress those feelings. He decides to start living with Tanja. One day waiting to buy the tickets for a concert, he meets Matthias and falls in love. The film had its premiere on the day of the fall of the Berlin wall, on November 9, 1989.

35mm, color, 112 min