City of Lost Souls (1983)

Original title

Stadt der verlorenen Seelen

Directed by

Rosa von Praunheim

Genre

LGBTQ-related film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 6 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A musical featuring drag queens, travesty artists and transgender people. It follows their lives and performances in a German city.

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What happens

City of Lost Souls (German: Stadt Der Verlorenen Seelen) is a 1983 German musical film directed by Rosa von Praunheim and performed by drag queens, travesty artists and transgender people. The film received international attention and became a cult movie beyond the LGBT community. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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