Christopher And His Kind
Mammoth Screen (2011)
Biography, Drama, Romance
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IMDB   7.1
90 mins UK / English
Matt Smith Christopher Isherwood
Imogen Poots Jean Ross
Lindsay Duncan Kathleen Isherwood
Perry Millward Richard Isherwood
Toby Jones Gerald Hamilton
Pip Carter W. H. Auden
Alexander Dreymon Caspar
Faolan Morgan Pieps
Issy Van Randwyck Frl. Thurau
Clare Louise Connolly Frl. Schmidt
Maggie Hayes Frl. Mayr
Iddo Goldberg Wilfrid Landauer
Will Kemp Bobby Gilbert
Douglas Booth Heinz Neddermayer
Gertrude Thoma Fr. Neddermayer
Tom Wlaschiha Gerhardt Neddermayer
Stuart Graham Passport Officer
Alana Kerr Collins Tarty Girl
Owen Dickey Stage Manager
Tony Finnegan Salesman
David Lloyd German soldier
Hugh McLaughlin German Soldier
Director
Geoffrey Sax
Producer Kevin Elyot
Eleanor Moran
Writer Christopher Isherwood
Kevin Elyot
Cinematography Kieran McGuigan


In 1931 budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. Whilst working as an English teacher his housemates include bewigged old queen Gerald Hamilton and would-be actress Jean Ross, who sings tunelessly in a seedy cabaret club. They and others he meets get put into his stories. After a fling with sexy rent boy Caspar he falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt. With Fascism rapidly rising Christopher returns to London with Heinz but is unable to prevent his return to Germany when his visa expires. Years later Christopher, now a successful writer, returns to Berlin for a final meeting with Heinz, now married with children.
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