The Circle

• 6.551 Documentary
• 2014-09-18
• 102 minutes mins

A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.

Starring:

Matthias Hungerbühler (Ernst Ostertag) Sven Schelker (Röbi Rapp) Babett Arens (Romy Sieber) Aaron Hitz (Teacher Willi Öttli) Martin Hug (Commissioner Baumgartner) Peter Jecklin (Principal Dr. Max Sieber) Ueli Jäggi (Martin Ostertag) Sebastian Ledesma (Rinaldi - Italian Rent-Boy) Marie Leuenberger (Miss Gabi Gerster) Matthias Meier (Jean-Martin)

Director:

Stefan Haupt

Writer:

Christian Felix Stefan Haupt Urs Frey Ivan Madeo