Coming Out

Kyle Frackman (Customer), Professor Johannes von Moltke (Series Editor), Professor Gerd Gemunden (Series Editor)

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Camden House Inc
29 March 2022

Film theory & criticism; Gay studies (Gay men)

Series: Camden House German Film Classics

Examines the creation, context, and significance of the first and only East German feature film about homosexuality. It took forty years for East Germany's state-run studios, DEFA, to produce a feature film about homosexuality: Coming Out. The film's story seems radically ordinary today: a young teacher, Philipp, is gay but cannot accept the truth about his sexuality. He starts a relationship with a fellow teacher, Tanja, but falls in love with a man he meets, Matthias, whose confidence in his own self-understanding is alluring for him as well as a challenge. Acclaimed director Heiner Carow created a film that shows the difficulties, both internalized and external, that queer people faced in East Germany. In a quirk of history, Coming Out premiered in German theaters on November 9, 1989, the very night on which the Berlin Wall was opened, which meant the film was initially overshadowed, to say the least, by the earthshaking political events. Yet it remains a popular film and is regularly screened around the world, including prominently at queer film festivals. Kyle Frackman's book examines the film in both the late East German context of its creation and the international context of its reception. The book will be published in both paperback and Open Access form.

By: Kyle Frackman (Customer)
Series edited by: Professor Johannes von Moltke (Series Editor), Professor Gerd Gemunden (Series Editor)
Imprint: Camden House Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 191mm, Width: 133mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9781640140899
ISBN 10: 1640140891
Series: Camden House German Film Classics
Pages: 108
Publication Date: 29 March 2022
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Acknowledgments Heiner Carow and Film's Revolutionary Potential Homosexuality in East Germany The Distress of Coming Out Melodrama and Its Excesses Romance and the Love Story Philipp and Tanja's Courtship Queer Exploration Change and Upheaval A New Beginning Coming Out and Reconciling Identities Acceptance Release, Reception, and Legacy Credits Notes

KYLE FRACKMAN is Associate Professor of German & Scandinavian Studies at the University of British Columbia.