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City of Lost Souls

Country: Germany, Language: German, 91 mins

Original Title

Stadt der Verlorenen Seelen ...aka: Berlin Blues
  • Director: Rosa von Praunheim
  • Writer: Rosa von Praunheim
  • Producer: Renee Gundelach; Dietmar Schings

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City of Lost Souls (German: Stadt Der Verlorenen Seelen) is a 1983 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The film is a low budget musical satire, a fictionalized account about the lurid lives of a group of eccentric cabaret artist who have come from America to Berlin looking for social acceptance and a place to give full reign to their creative nature. The film star black singer and drag artist Angie Stardust (born Mel Michaels), transgender punk singer Jayne County and transvestite Tara O'Hara. County gave the film its title and wrote its theme song.


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Cast & Characters

Wayne County as Leila;
Manfred Finger as Himself;
Judith Flex as Judith;
Helga Goetze as Herself;
Gerhard Helle as Gerhard;
Rolf Holzhutter as Rolf;
Lotti Huber;
Katja Kunik;
Joaquin La Habana as Himself;
Burghard Mauer;
Gary Miller as Gary;
Lorraine Muthke as Loretta;
Tara O'Hara as Herself;
Rainer-Gotz Otto;
Wolfgang Schumacher as Himself