Directed by:
David HemmingsCinematography:
Karl SteinbergerComposer:
Günther FischerCast:
David Bowie, Sydne Rome, Kim Novak, David Hemmings, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens, Werner Pochath, Marlene Dietrich, Rudolf Schündler, Evelyn Künneke, Karin Hardt (more)Plots(1)
Berlin in the 1920s... A time of change, a time of upheaval. Paul von Pryzgodski (David Bowie) was a young man whose life had led him to expect heroism, but instead, he found failure - failure in the Great War, failure at trying to find a career, failure at nearly every relationship that comes his way until he meets the Baroness and discovers there is one profession at which he can excel. This offbeat German melodrama directed by David Hemmings stars David Bowie as Paul, a young Prussian War veteran who returns home to Berlin after World War I. After drifting from job to job, Paul eventually finds his niche renting himself out as a dancer for war widows who long to forget their sadness. Kim Novak sizzles as a sad widow, with German bombshell Maria Schell as Paul’s mother and Sydne Rome as his old sweetheart-turned-cabaret singer. Marlene Dietrich makes a poignant cameo (it was her last film role) as an aging baroness, singing the title song, aka Schoner Gigolo, armer Gigolo. (Umbrella Entertainment)
(more)Cast
David Bowie
UK
Best movies:
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The Prestige (2006)
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Sydne Rome
USA
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Kim Novak
USA
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David Hemmings
UK
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Maria Schell
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Curd Jürgens
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Werner Pochath
Austria
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Marlene Dietrich
German Empire
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Rudolf Schündler
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Evelyn Künneke
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Karin Hardt
German Empire
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Reinhard Kolldehoff
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Günter Meisner
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Christiane Maybach
German Empire
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Y Sa Lo
Austria
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Rainer Hunold
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Erika Pluhar
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Martin Hirthe
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Friedhelm Lehmann
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Gudrun Genest
German Empire
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