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Weimar Germany was a homosexual Eden in the 1920s: gay and lesbian nightclubs and magazines flourished, the first homosexual-rights movement was born... and then the Nazis came to power.
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Festivals & Screenings
United States
Documentary Jury Award for Directing
Sundance Film Festival
Jury Award: Best Documentary
Philadelphia International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Three Dollar Bill Cinema Award for Excellence
Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Audience Award: Best Documentary
San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival
South America
Audience Award: Best Film
Film MiX Brasil Festival of Sexual Diversity
Europe
FIPRESCI Award (International Film Critics Association):
Best Film, Panorama Section
Teddy Award: Best Documentary of Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
Jury Prize and Audience Award: Best Documentary
Turin International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Jury Prize: Best Documentary
Milan Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award
Pink Apple Film Festival (Switzerland)
Audience Award: Best Feature Film
Madrid Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Audience Award: Best Feature
Barcelona International Gay and Lesbian Film Exhibition
Audience Award: Best Documentary
identities Queer Film Festival (Austria)
Audience Award, Best Documentary
Mezipatra - Czech GLBT Film Festival
Reviews
“The filmmakers have again brought their sound judgment, well-balanced intelligence and smooth professional skills to a historic subject of continuing importance.... A devastating, deeply felt film that never once yields to sensationalism.”
—Stuart Klawans, The Nation
“Heart-stopping ... stirring ... imbued with humanity and unexpected humor.”
—Jan Stuart, New York Newsday
“Exquisitely lyrical.”
—Dennis Harvey, Variety