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Christopher and His Kind

In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt.

20111h 30mNRDrama, Romance, TV Movie

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About Christopher and His Kind

Directors
Geoffrey Sax
Cast
Matt Smith, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan, Perry Millward, Toby Jones, Pip Carter
Genres
Drama, Romance, TV Movie
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
United Kingdom
Status
Released

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