Susanne Stahl Movies

This offering from the Berlin Underground by Lothar Lambert and Dagmar Beiersdorf offers a glimpse of their usual originality. The story centers on a young lad who has been browbeaten by his mother for so long that when he finally gets his freedom, he is not very confidant about his sexual prowess, having had almost no experience with the opposite sex. Never fear, his Don Juan of a brother is there to educate him on how to handle women, no matter what it takes. Enter Angelika, who is looking for her own emancipation, and the plot twists and turns again. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

In an unserious look at life on the fringe, this Berlin Underground film by director and writer Dagmar Beiersdorf portrays the flip side of Berlin society: hookers, a transvestite, a down-and-out political exile, and disenfranchised ethnic workers. As dialogue basically happens according to the whim of the moment, the film moves from one spontaneous sequence to the next, roughly following the "story" of a prostitute who takes an Arab refugee into her life, and although the man appreciates her help, his view of hookers is negative. The clash in their perspectives naturally creates some misunderstandings that in turn lead to a different ending than had been anticipated. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi