The faces of two men behind red roses, advertising the film "Taxi zum Klo". Colour lithograph for [Berliner?] AIDS-Hilfe.

[Berlin?] : [Berliner?] AIDS-Hilfe, [between 1990 and 1999?]

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 84 x 59.3 cm

Noch nie im Fernsehen - Jetzt endlich wieder im kino. Der film aus der Zeit vor AIDS. Lustvoll, Provokant und Schamlos Komisch. Eni toiles Stück ungebändigtes Kino (TIP) ... Der erste post-gay liberation Film. Man mu dem Burschen mögen (Newsweek). Max-Ophüls-Preis. Bester Ausländischer Film ... Bronzener Hugo ... Goldmedalle ... Taxi zum Klo. Der Film von Frank Ripploh mit Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broderüp ... Pro Besucher DM 1, - Für die AIDS-Hilfe. Taxi zum Klo (Taxi to the loo) "is a 1981 film written by, directed by, and starring Frank Ripploh. The story of a schoolteacher and the contrasts between his public and private lives, the film documents gay culture in West Berlin in the period in which it was made. Ripploh has stated that much of the film was autobiographical" (Wikipedia) Translation of text: Never before on television - now finally back in the cinema. The film from the era before AIDS. Pleasurable, provocative and shamelessly funny. A piece of untamed cinema (TIP) ... The first post-gay liberation cinema ... Max Ophüls Prize. Best Foreign Film ... Bronze Hugo ... Gold medal ... 'Taxi to the loo', The film by Frank Ripploh with Frank Ripploh, Bernd Broderüp ... DM 1 per visitor, - for the AIDS-Hilfe. The film was originally released in 1980-1981, but the lettering on this poster says that the film is "now finally back in the cinema", i.e. re-released at a later date

Frank Ripploh [film maker] Bernd Broderüp [co-star of film] [Deutsche?] AIDS-Hilfe 199- [Deutsche?] AIDS-Hilfe Germany 24/02/2009 UkLW Transcription from the item

Wellcome Collection 674232i