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Christopher and His Kind

2011 · 90 min

A poignant, handsomely mounted memoir of love and loss amid the rise of Nazism, told with restraint and quiet heartbreak.

Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Genres
Drama, Romance, Tv movie
Starring
Matt Smith, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Genres
Drama, Romance, Tv movie
Starring
Matt Smith, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • politics
  • betrayal
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism8
Romance6
Tension5
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance, tv movie
Directed by
Geoffrey Sax
Written by
Kevin Elyot
Starring
Matt Smith, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan, Perry Millward, Toby Jones, Pip Carter, Alexander Dreymon, Faolan Morgan
Music
Dominik Scherrer
Cinematography
Kieran McGuigan
Runtime
90 min
Country
United Kingdom
Languages
German, English

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