Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR

Out in East Berlin: Lesbians and Gays in the GDR 2013 Directed by Andreas Strohfeldt , Jochen Hick Out in Ost-Berlin: Lesben und Schwule in der DDR

Paragraph 175, which made homosexual behavior punishable by law, was abolished in the German Democratic Republic (GDR) in 1968. At that time, heterosexual nuclear families constituted the center of socialist society, and homosexuality was considered a peripheral issue in the GDR. Out in East Berlin —Lesbians & Gays in the GDR tells the impressive-to-absurd personal histories of gay men and lesbians in the GDR, from the post WWII years until the fall of the Berlin Wall.

Country Germany

Production Country Germany

Language German

Spoken Language German

Gnere Documentary

Production Company Galeria Alaska Productions

Release Date 31 October 2013

94 mins