Directed by:
Geoffrey SaxScreenplay:
Kevin ElyotCinematography:
Kieran McGuiganComposer:
Dominik ScherrerCast:
Matt Smith, Imogen Poots, Lindsay Duncan, Toby Jones, Pip Carter, Will Kemp, Douglas Booth, Alexander Dreymon, Stuart Graham, Owen Dickey, Faolan Morgan (more)Plots(1)
Christopher Isherwood, long before he became the world-famous writer (his work inspiring the film, Cabaret, recently his novel was adapted into A Single Man), he left his English countryside residence and his overbearing mother for the Berlin of the 1930s. Even though red flags with swastikas are already being put up, the nightlife is ruled by parties, cabaret, and seductive liberalism. The young Christopher meets his muse, finds inspiration and among the pretty boys,-for whom he traveled to Berlin in the first place-finds a delicate true love. Yet the darkness of Nazism starts to overshadow their sunny days. Starring Matt Smith (Doctor Who). (Mezipatra Queer Film Festival)
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Christopher and His Kind would have worked more as a documentary, because even though it was supposed to be a biopic drama set in the inter-war period and also themed around homosexuality, it lacked any of the stronger scenes I would expect in a similarly themed film, even if made for TV. I'm familiar with the film Cabaret, and I've seen A Single Man, but I didn't associate them with the person of Christopher Isherwood, so at least I learned something new about his life, which I take as the biggest plus of this film. Otherwise, it's mostly a rather mediocre TV production, which I find somewhat disappointing for its underutilized potential.
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