Examines the creation, context, and significance of the first and only East German feature film about homosexuality.

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