Taxi zum Klo
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Director: Frank Ripploh Run Time: 96 min. Format: Digital Rating: NC-17 Release Year: 1981 Language: German with English subtitles
Starring: Bernd Broaderup, Dieter Gödde, Frank Ripploh, Orpha Termin, Peter Fahrni
Screenwriter: Frank Ripploh
Producer: Frank Ripploh, Horst Schier, Laurens Straub
A delicious mixture of audaciousness and sweetness, candid, unfiltered, and funny, this vintage slice of humor and homoerotica is a triumph of international and queer cinema. Marking the 45th anniversary of its original release, Frank Ripploh’s groundbreaking autobiographical debut returns in a new restoration — offering a vivid, uncompromising portrait of queer life in West Berlin at the dawn of the 1980s.
By day, Frank is a dedicated schoolteacher. By night, he embraces the sexual freedoms of the city’s underground scene—navigating a double life in public restrooms, cinemas, and cruising spots. When he meets Bernd, a sweet and steady museum worker, Frank finds himself torn between the comfort of domestic partnership and the allure of anonymous desire.
Unapologetically explicit and deeply personal, Taxi Zum Klo shattered taboos upon its release and remains a landmark of queer cinema. Shot with unfiltered candor and infused with a distinctively wry humor, Ripploh’s film continues to resonate for its fearless exploration of identity, intimacy, and freedom.