Synopsis
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
Ratings
IMDb7.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic85/100
446 audience votes
Key crew
- John Cameron MitchellDirector
- Stephen TraskOriginal Music Composer
- John Cameron MitchellWriter
Cast
- John Cameron MitchellHedwig
- Miriam ShorYitzhak
- Stephen TraskSkszp
- Theodore LiscinskiJacek
- Rob CampbellKrzysztof
- Michael AronovSchlatko
- Andrea MartinPhyllis Stein
- Ben Mayer-GoodmanHansel - 6 years old
- Alberta WatsonHansel's Mom
- Gene PyrzHansel's Dad
- Michael PittTommy Gnosis
- Karen HinesTommy's Publicist
Stills
Themes
rock 'n' rolltransvestismtranssexualitysingerglam rocklgbtself identityrock odysseymilitary bratrestaurant chainlgbt in the militarychild molestation