The place: the outskirts of Hamburg, a flat, two rooms, a kitchen, a bathroom. The time: one day and the passing night. Wolfgang “Wolli” Köhler, former owner of a porn-cinema and a brothel, turned poet and illustrator, lives here with his wife Linda. Scenes of cohabitation. Scenes from a life together. Reminiscences of an existence that has led them from Waldheim in Saxony to St. Pauli in Hamburg. Insights into the abject wretchedness of the sex industry. The underworld of covert backyard meetings before the advent of AIDS. Prejudices are undermined, preconceptions challenged. Wolli takes a trip down his own personal “memory lane”.
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Gerd Kroske Director · Karin Schöning Editor
First release November 11, 2007 · Produced in Germany · Original title Wollis Paradies
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Germany
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Original title
Wollis Paradies
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
German
Release dates
Germany · November 11, 2007
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No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 24, 2008 · Vienna International Film Festival
France
March 8, 2008 · Festival Cinéma du Réel
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