A 14-year-old hustler finds love in the last place he should look — with the man twice his age.
Axel is 14 years old, male prostitute, living in Düsseldorf. His mother drinks and her friends abuses him. He is sent to a bar to pick up customers. There he meets Karl-Heinz, and a loving relationship begins.
Acting
Kellermann's devastating vulnerability as Axel
Direction
Kern's unflinching gaze refuses exploitation
Director
Peter Kern
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of 1990s German 'autorenkino' exploring queer narratives outside commercial constraints. Glatzeder was already famous from East German cinema.
Kern cast actual street kids as extras; the Düsseldorf locations were real cruising spots. The blurred documentary-fiction line makes the ending's ambiguity hit harder.
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