Taxi Zum Klo (Taxi to the Toilet)
Cinevista (1981)
Comedy, Queer Themes/Interest
In Collection
#544
7*
Seen ItYes
(8/30/2016 Home)
853937002506
IMDB   6.5
95 mins Germany / German
DVD  Region 1   NR (Not Rated)
Gregor Becker
Bernd Broaderup Bernd
Peter Fahrni Gas station attendant
Dieter Godde
Bernd Kroger
Irmgard Lademacher
Frank Ripploh Frank Ripploh
Klaus Schnee
Orpha Termin
Markus Voigtlander
Tabea Blumenschein
Millie Büttner
Marguerite Dupont
Gitte Lederer
Hans-Gerd Mertens
Magdalena Montezuma
Director
Frank Ripploh
Producer Frank Ripploh
Horst Schier
Writer/Composer Frank Ripploh


Frank Ripploh is a bit of a rascal: he's a bearded and shaggy-haired teacher, and he's gay with a very active sex life and an interest in making films. He keeps his personal life and teaching separate, but he sometimes corrects student papers in public toilets as he waits to score. He cruises constantly, and one evening, he meets Bernd. They become lovers. While Bernd is attentive and caring, Frank gets bored and continues his polymorphously perverse ways. For how long will Bernd and Frank tolerate each other's habits, and for how long can Frank keep his sexual orientation out of the classroom? Things come to a head during Berlin's annual Queen's Ball and the morning after. - Written by jhailey@hotmail.com
Edition Details
Edition 30th Anniversary
Distributor Queer Culture Cinema
Release Date 12/7/2010
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.85:1)
Audio Tracks SUB [English]
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
Personal Details
Purchase Date 8/27/2016
Location Personal Library
Owner Deitz
Store Amazon
Purchase Price $13.25
Condition New
Tags heritage, film night candidate
Links + Review: Cinema Queer (Michael D. Klemm)
+ Review: Roger Ebert
± Review: NY Times
Taxi Zum Klo at Core for Movies
IMDB
TheMovieDb.org

Notes
For many gay men of a certain age, Taxi Zum Klo is likely to be a nostalgia trip viewed with affection -- The scenes depicted could have been found in almost any major US city at the time -- Taxi Zum Klo is also a very funny movie -- Real and explicit -- Self-deprecating -- A gay heritage film, a truely original landmark (although I suppose that "landmark" implies that it marks a path followed by other filmakers, a path that few self-styled PC gay-culture mavens have actually followed) -- A fun film, more appreciated now some 35 years later than it probably would have been if I had viewed it in 1981.