Taxi zum Klo (1981)
January 1, 1981Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Frank Ripploh
Frank Ripploh
Bernd Broaderup
Bernd
Orpha Termin
Neighbour
Peter Fahrni
Gas station attendant
Dieter Gödde
Masseur
Klaus Schnee
Teacher
Bernd Kröger
Teacher
Markus Voigtländer
Teacher
Irmgard Lademacher
Teacher
Gregor Becker
Teacher
Marguerite Dupont
Teacher
Eberhard Freudenthal
Teacher
Beate Springer
Teacher
Millie Büttner
Strange woman
Gitta Lederer
A mother
Horst Schier
Producer
Laurens Straub
Producer
Hans Gerd Mertens
First leather guy
Hans Wittstatt
Composer
Ulla Topf
Prostitute
Franco Papadu
An italian
Tabea Blumenschein
A lady
Gela-Marina Runne
Editor
Magdalena Montezuma
Nurse (as Magdalene Montezuma)
Matthias von Gunten
Editor
Jürgen Möller
Dermatologist
Valeska Gerstenberg
Vally, a friend
Brigitte Knigge
Travel agent
Hans Kellner
Taxi driver
Ric Schachtebeck
Second leather guy
Thomas Born
Police Officer (uncredited)
Liberace
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 1, 1981
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsBerlin, Germany
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Taxi zum Klo (Taxi to the Toilet) is a 1981 film written by, directed by, and starring Frank Ripploh. The film is a dark comedy of manners that explores the life of a Berlin school teacher and the contrasts between his public and private lives. As it contains a number of sexually explicit scenes, the film was not passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification until 2011, though it was widely shown in club cinemas. Taxi zum Klo was considered groundbreaking for its subject matter and achieved a cult status among audiences of the time.
Shot on location with many characters appearing as themselves, the film documents gay culture in West Berlin in the brief moment post gay liberation and before the onset of AIDS, around 1980. Ripploh has stated that much of the film was autobiographical. The title refers to the public toilet as a place for casual gay sex.