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Christopher and His Kind
6.3 / 10• 2011• 1h 30m•NR• English
DramaRomanceTV Movie
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Matt Smith
Christopher Isherwood
Lead
Imogen Poots
Jean Ross
Lindsay Duncan
Kathleen Isherwood
PM
Perry Milward
Richard Isherwood
Toby Jones
Gerald Hamilton
Pip Carter
W. H. Auden
Alexander Dreymon
Caspar
FM
Faolan Morgan
Pieps
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Geoffrey Sax's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Christopher and His Kind is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
