A feature film about the life and death of the famous Bavarian actor Walter Sedlmayr, who was murdered in 1990 and who tried all his life to hide his homosexual tendencies from the public. The life story is told from the perspective of his professional environment and - sometimes in a documentary style - his fellow actors report on him. His sexual preferences in the BDSM area are also discussed.
Acting
Jürgen Tarrach's chameleonic Sedlmayr is devastating.
Direction
Baier's docudrama hybrid blurs reality and performance.
Writing
Unflinching script refuses to sanitize its subject.
Director
Jo Baier
Jürgen Tarrach
Herbert Stieglmeier
Ruth Drexel
Mama Stieglmeier
Alexander Lutz
Amadeus
Bettina Redlich
Amalie
Paulus Manker
Richard Stieglmeier
Jan Niklas
Dr. Fischer
Christian Doermer
Ministerpräsident
Florian Lukas
Clemens
Steffen Wink
Ferdi Tummler
Justus von Dohnányi
Siegfried Hühnerberg
Anne Bennent
o.A.
Heribert Sasse
o.A.
David Scheller
Slavko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sedlmayr was a household name in 1970s-80s Germany; his murder trial scandalized conservative Bavaria when his sexuality became public evidence.
Director Jo Baier cast actual Sedlmayr colleagues, blurring documentary and drama—a technique that angered the actor's surviving family.
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