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Westler [DVD] [1986]

DVD ~ Sigurd Rachman
3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Sigurd Rachman, Rainer Strecker, Andy Lucas, Frank Rediess, Andreas Bernhardt
  • Directors: Wieland Speck
  • Writers: Wieland Speck, Egbert Hörmann
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, German, Russian
  • Region: All Regions
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: Peccadillo Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: 16 Aug 2004
  • Run Time: 97 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B000056N3X
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 64,202 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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Special Features
DVD 5
German
Region 0


Synopsis
Felix --a gay West Berliner--falls in love with a young man in East Berlin. With a physical, political and social divide between them, they struggle to maintain their relationship. Felix's frequent trips arouse the suspicion of border guards, and the couple are forced to plan a dangerous escape to secure a more stable future. WESTLER includes footage shot secretly in East Berlin.

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting movie with a tale to tell, 30 Jul 2003
By A Customer
I was a little unsure as to what to make of the beginning of Westler. The first several minutes are shot in Los Angeles and almost led me to believe that I was watching the wrong movie! However, once the plot moved to Berlin in the early 1980's the story took off and the movie turned into both a sweet romance between two love-struck men from either side of the East/West divide and a sad indictment of the way in which the former East German state stifled the lives of its citizens.

The movie is fascinating from an historical point of view alone but the love story holds up well.

The story revolves around a young West Berliner, on a sightseeing trip with his curious American friend, having a chance meeting with a likeable East Berliner and the two instantly falling in love. The movie expertly highlights the problems associated with love across the divide in that time.

The music is dated and the film footage shot in East Berlin and Prague decidedly grainy (due to it being shot without attracting the attention of the authorities there). But both of these only add to the historical element of Westler and serve to reinforce the fact that this was life in a different time.

Very watchable.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Westler, 6 Jul 2003
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Westler is more than the upbeat positive gay love story that it is. It is an irreplaceable record of the east/west Berlin life.
Well worth a look on both counts.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Bit dated but very atmospheric, 3 Jun 2006
By M. Notman "northernfag" (sheffield uk) - See all my reviews
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i suppose to some people this was a "beautiful thing" for their generation, and its certainly evocative of the era. I had problems keeping track of what was going on (and no i was sober) and why, mostly because there was no sense of time passing just leaps from one scene to the next. Also the first 10 minutes in LA look like the intro to a really bad porno. Great acting though, especially Rainer Strecker (those eyes!).
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4.0 out of 5 stars A charmingly strange love story
Like another reviewer, I too didn't have a clue what was going on for the first few minutes. After the initial confusion of "what, where, who? Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very convincing
Westler has to be THE most depressing story about impossible gay love ever filmed. I was fascinated throughout, but the bleakness of life in Berlin in those years made me feel... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Vandewoude Roger

3.0 out of 5 stars weird, confusing but rather sweet
I was confused by the beginning of the film when the West Berliner was in LA with his friend Bruce...how would the East Berliner come to be there??? Read more
Published 21 months ago by Helena

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