Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Genres
Overview
The film focuses on gay men who align themselves with hard-core right wing views, skinheads and Nazis. Rosa von Praunheim stated of the subjects featured in the documentary, “Some may be shocked that I do not take a stand in my film and do not portray gay neo-Nazis as monsters, but as people living their lives in dramatic contradiction.”
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
80 min
Release Date
2005-02-16
Status
Released
Original Language
German
Vote Count
6
Vote Average
6.3
Ewald Althans
Self
Winfried Bonengel
Self
Bernd-Ulrich Hergemöller
Self
Rainer Fromm
Self
Jörg Fischer
Self
Rosa von Praunheim
Self
Sven Reichardt
Self
Jürgen Rieger
Self
Alexander Schlesinger
Self
Rüdiger Lautmann
Self
Burkhard Schröder
Self
Rudolf Hess
Self (archive footage)
Ernst Röhm
Self (archive footage)
Michael Kühnen
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
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