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Westler (1985)
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Westler (1985)
Genre: Drama
Country: West Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Felix from West-Berlin falls in love with Thomas in East-Berlin. At first they keep their relationship going by regular visits from Felix, but the curfew forces him to return every evening. When the East-German authorities become suspicious, Thomas decides to try and flee to the West.
Plot: lgbt, gay, cold war, berlin wall, gay interest, iron curtain, lgbtq, curfew, gay subtext, love, escape, gay love, gay sex, transvestite, homosexual, homosexual love, police chase, gay crush, gay bar, man in underwear, communism, slaughterhouse, gay kiss, strip search
Place: berlin germany, west berlin west germany, east germany, west germany, east berlin, east berlin east germany

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Open Bodies (1998)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 47 min.
Story: Born to a North African father and a French mother, 18-year-old Parisian high school senior Rémi works part-time in an Arab grocery store while studying management and commerce. He responds to a school ad seeking subjects for a film, and Marc, who ...
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Confused Feelings (1981)
Genre: Drama
Country: France, West Germany
Duration: 90 min.
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Plot: lgbt, gay, gay teenager, homosexual, school, love, gay subtext, intergenerational friendship, gay interest
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Body Electric (2017)
Genre: Drama
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Duration: 94 min.
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Happy Endings Sleepover (2019)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: American CIA Field Operative, Johnnie Allen, is assigned to Denmark for his first mission. An American spy highly placed in the Kremlin is to be spirited out of Russia, and it is Johnnie's job to get him safely to Antwerp where the agent will ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa, germany, denmark
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Phoenix (2006)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
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Place: phoenix arizona
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Duration: 60 min.
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Duration: 118 min.
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Country: USA
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Duration: 87 min.
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
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Genre: Drama
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