The Circle (2014)
September 18, 2014Release Date
The Circle (2014)
September 18, 2014Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Matthias Hungerbühler
Ernst Ostertag
Peter Jecklin
Principal Dr. Max Sieber
Babett Arens
Romy Sieber
Marie Leuenberger
Fräulein Gabi Gerster
Aaron Hitz
Teacher Willi Öttli
Stefan Witschi
Rolf
Martin Hug
Commissioner Baumgartner
Claudio Schenardi
Fredi
Anatole Taubman
Felix Schupp
Ueli Jäggi
Martin Ostertag
Sven Schelker
Röbi Rapp
Sebastian Ledesma
Rinaldi - Italian Rent-Boy
Ingo Ospelt
Emil Lutz
Antoine Monot Jr.
Gian
Matthias Meier
Jean-Martin
Markus Merz
Commissioner Stamm
Stefan Haupt
Director
Ruth Schwegler
Salome Ostertag
Maja Stolle
Sue the Barmaid
Christian Felix
Writer
Marianne Sägebrecht
Erika Rapp
Ivan Madeo
Writer
Urs Frey
Writer
Stefan Eichenberger
Producer
Röbi Rapp
Himself
Ernst Ostertag
Himself
Federico Bettini
Composer
Tobias Dengler
Cinematographer
Harriet Hasse
Miss Tobler
Ernst Immer
Cinematographer
Kenneth Huber
Waitress
Patrick Lindenmaier
Cinematographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 18, 2014
Original NameDer Kreis
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
Wiki.
The Circle (German: Der Kreis) is a 2014 Swiss docudrama film. Written and directed by Stefan Haupt, the film concerns the social network of gay men that developed in Zurich in the 1940s and 1950s, centered on The Circle, a gay publication, and the social events it sponsored. As the police investigate three murders of gay men by rent boys, they scapegoat The Circle and its subscribers for making Zurich an international center of gay tourism.The film focuses on the story of Ernst Ostertag and Röbi Rapp, a schoolteacher and a drag entertainer, who met through their participation in the publication inner circle and began a lifelong romantic relationship. Interviews with them and other survivors and experts on the era are interspersed with documentary film and photographs as well as a scripted dramatic enactment of the story. The lack of legal proscription against homosexuals and Zurich's growing notoriety provide the context for the growth of a publication that overtly catered to a gay readership while avoiding explicit materials, both in prose and illustrations, in order to meet the standards of Swiss censorship.
The couple are portrayed by Matthias Hungerbühler and Sven Schelker, with documentary interviews with the real Ostertag and Rapp.
The Circle was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.