Zurich, 1958. The young teacher Ernst Ostertag falls head over heels in love with the transvestite star Robi Rapp and finds himself torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. Read more …
Ernst becomes a member of the gay organization DER KREIS and lives through the high point and the eventual decline of the organization, which in the whole of Europe is seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation.
A solid telling that spans several fascinating periods of 20th century life.
The Circle is both a fascinating history lesson and a tender love story.
Finely wrought and well worthwhile.
More of his real-life vivacity would have made The Circle a more satisfactory whole.
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