Taxi zum Klo

Taxi zum Klo is a 1981 film written by, directed by, and starring Frank Ripploh. The story of a schoolteacher and the contrasts between his public and private lives, the film documents gay culture in West Berlin in the period in which it was made. Ripploh has stated that much of the film was autobiographical. The name literally means Taxi to the Toilet (or "Taxi to the John", etc.)^[1][2]

Cast

• Frank Ripploh as Frank Ripploh
• Bernd Broaderup as Bernd
• Orpha Termin
• Peter Fahrni as Gas station attendant
• Dieter Godde
• Klaus Schnee
• Bernd Kroger
• Markus Voigtlander
• Irmgard Lademacher
• Gregor Becker
• Marguerite Dupont
• Eberhard Freudenthal
• Beate Springer
• Millie Büttner
• Gitta Lederer

Critical reception

• The Village Voice hailed it as 'the first masterpiece about the mainstream of male gay life'.^[3]

References

1. ^ Movie Review: Taxi zum Klo (1981) Janet Maslin, The New York Times, 2 October 1981.
2. ^ Taxi Zum Klo, review Sukhdev Sandhu, The Daily Telegraph, 21 April 2011.
3. ^ Private Affairs: Critical Ventures in the Culture of Social Relations by Phillip Brian Harper, paperback edition, page 70

External links

• Taxi zum Klo at the Internet Movie Database
• Taxi zum Klo at AllRovi