The read
A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 2,471 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
A glittery nightclub in 1920s Berlin becomes a haven for the queer community in this documentary exploring the freedoms lost amid Hitler’s rise to power.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
53 audience votes
Key crew
- Benjamin CantuScreenplay
- Benjamin CantuDirector
- Felix KriegsheimScreenplay
Cast
- Walter ArlenSelf
- Howard MyersSelf
- Klaus MuellerSelf (historian and curator)
- Morgan M. PageSelf (activist and author)
- Berno von CrammSelf (nephew of Gottfried von Cramm)
- Zavier NunnSelf (historian)
- Ben MillerSelf (historian)
- Katrin HimmlerSelf (political scientist)
- Robert BeachySelf (historian)
- Ernst RöhmSelf (archive footage)
- Adolf HitlerSelf (archive footage)
- Heinrich HimmlerSelf (archive footage)
Stills
Themes
gay clubnazi germanydocumentary