Umsonst gelebt - Walter Schwarze

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This film is part of a series of films on gay men who survived the Nazi era. I met Walter Schwarze when he was already in his eighties. My camera recorded his first public account of his five-year incarceration as a homosexual at Sachsenhausen concentration camp. He was in his fifties when he met Ali in his hometown of Leipzig; the two men became partners and re-mained close until his demise. And yet, Walter told me, he felt he had lived in vain because he had not had the good fortune of today's gays, who are able to grow up in freedom. Walter Schwarze died of cancer on May 10, 1998.
Rosa von Praunheim
Walter Schwarze is also portrayed in Praunheim's TOTE SCHWULE - LEBENDE LESBEN (DEAD GAY MEN AN LIVING LESBIANS).

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  • Runtime

    18 min
  • Country

    Germany
  • Year of Presentation

    2005
  • Year of Production

    2004
  • Director

    Rosa von Praunheim
  • Cast

    Walter Schwarze
  • Production Company

    Rosa von Praunheim Film
  • Berlinale Section

    Panorama
  • Berlinale Category

    Short Film

Biography Rosa von Praunheim

Born in Riga, in 1942. He studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main and at the Berlin University of the Arts. In 1967, von Praunheim directed his first short films. He made his cinema breakthrough in 1971 with the documentary Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt.

Filmography Rosa von Praunheim

1971 Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt | 2016 Welcome All Sexes: 30 Jahre Teddy Awards | 2017 Überleben in Neukölln