Storyline
The subject of male prostitution gets a distinctly zany and offbeat twist in Stellungswechsel (AKA Special Escort), Maggie Peren's tale of five male underdogs who promulgate themselves as female escorts in the city of Munich. Of that group, we meet policeman Gy, in hot water with his insurance company and enduring the vicissitudes of an on-again, off-again romance with comely Daphne; twentysomething Lasse, who lives with his mom and is pathetically henpecked by her; Giselher, a chronically unemployed former manager; Frank, a philologist who spends his days as a house husband; and Olli, a deli proprietor whose business is rapidly going under. These five conjure up the wild idea of charging for liaisons with emotionally needy women, but the scheme doesn't exactly go as planned - as none can even begin to anticipate the eccentricities or oddities of the female clients who turn up in response to their offer.
Cast & Crew
Florian Lukas
Frank
Lead
Gustav Peter Wöhler
Olli
Sebastian Bezzel
Gy
Kostja Ullmann
Lasse
Herbert Knaup
Giselher
Lisa Maria Potthoff
Daphne
Nina Kronjäger
Birte
Adriana Altaras
Ulrike
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Maggie Peren's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Special Escort is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
