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Zürich in the mid-1950s: The young shy teacher Ernst Ostertag (Matthias Hungerbühler) becomes a member of the gay organization DER KREIS (The Circle), whose publication unites the fragile yet vibrant post World War II gay community in Switzerland. Upon meeting cabaret singer and female impersonator Röbi Rapp (Sven Schelker), Ernst immediately falls head over heels in love with him, and he finds himself torn between his bourgeois existence and acceptance of his homosexuality. For Röbi, it is a relationship that proves to last a lifetime. Featuring a unique blend of narrative and documentary formats with the modern day protagonists commenting on the scripted sequences of the film, THE CIRCLE deftly charts the increasing repression against homosexuals in Zurich as the two young and very different men fight for their love, and, together with their friends, for the rights of gays.
Original Release
09/18/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Matthias Hungerbuhler | Ernst Ostertag |
Peter Jecklin | Principal Dr. Max Sieber |
Marie Leuenberger | Fräulein Gabi Gerster / Miss Gabi Gerster |
Stefan Witschi | Rolf |
Claudio Schenardi | Fredi |
Anatole Taubman | Felix Schupp |
Sven Schelker | Röbi Rapp |
Ingo Ospelt | Emil Lutz |
Antoine Monot Jr. | Gian |
Matthias Meier | Jean-Martin |
Directors
Writers
Stefan Haupt, Christian Felix, Urs Frey, Ivan Madeo
Cast
Name | Character |
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Matthias Hungerbuhler | Ernst Ostertag |
Peter Jecklin | Principal Dr. Max Sieber |
Marie Leuenberger | Fräulein Gabi Gerster / Miss Gabi Gerster |
Stefan Witschi | Rolf |
Claudio Schenardi | Fredi |
Anatole Taubman | Felix Schupp |
Sven Schelker | Röbi Rapp |
Ingo Ospelt | Emil Lutz |
Antoine Monot Jr. | Gian |
Matthias Meier | Jean-Martin |
Harriet Hasse | Frau Tobler / Miss Tobler |
Kenneth Huber | Waitress |
Christoph Keller | Rent Boy |
Stefano Wenk | Barber Andre |
Maja Stolle | Sue the Barmaid |
Sebastian Ledesma | Italian Rent-Boy / Rinaldi - Italian Rent-Boy |
Marianne Sagebrecht | Erika Rapp |
Aaron Hitz | Teacher Willi Öttli |
Philippe Nauer | Teacher Meierbans |
Markus Merz | Kommissar Stamm / Commissioner Stamm |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Ivan Madeo | Executive Producer |
Urs Frey | Producer |
Stefan Eichenberger | Producer |
Ivan Madeo | Producer |