City of Lost Souls (1983 film)
City of Lost Souls (German: Stadt Der Verlorenen Seelen) is a 1983 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The film is a low budget musical satire, a fictionalized account about the lurid lives of a group of eccentric cabaret artist who have come from America to Berlin looking for social acceptance and a place to give full reign to their creative nature. The film star black singer and drag artist Angie Stardust, transgender punk singer Jayne County and transvestite Tara O'Hara.[1] County gave the film its title and wrote its theme song.
| City of Lost Souls | |
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| Directed by | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Produced by | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Screenplay by | Rosa von Praunheim |
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| Music by | Holger Münzer |
| Cinematography | Stephan Köster |
| Country | West Germany |
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| Budget | 690,000 DM |
Cast
- Jayne County as Leila
- Manfred Finger as Himself
- Judith Flex as Judith
- Helga Goetze as Herself
- Gerhard Helle as Gerhard
- Rolf Holzhütter as Rolf
- Lotti Huber - 'unnamed'
- Katja Kunik - 'unnamed'
- Joaquin La Habana as Himself
- Burghard Mauer - 'unnamed'
- Gary Miller as Gary
- Lorraine Muthke as Loretta
- Tara O'Hara as Herself
- Rainer-Götz Otto - 'unnamed'
- Wolfgang Schumacher - 'unnamed'
Notes
- Murray, Images in the Dark, p. 108
References
- Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-1-880707-01-2
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