A Virus Knows No Morals
| A Virus Knows No Morals | |
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| Directed by | Rosa von Praunheim |
| Screenplay by | Rosa von Praunheim |
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| Cinematography | Elfi Mikesch |
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| Music by | Maran Gosov and the Bermudas. |
Production company | Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | West Germany |
| Language | German |
A Virus Knows No Morals (
The film also received much attention abroad and is still screened today. A Virus Knows No Morals premiered at the 1986 Berlin International Film Festival and was also shown, for example, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the same year.[3][4]
Plot
A group of contrasting characters share one thing in common: They all have to do with the subject of AIDS. There is Rüdiger, a conservative gay man who runs a sex sauna. Christian is a devout man who sacrificially cares for his partner who has AIDS. A curious
Reception
"A Virus Respects No Morals, a Brechtian-like allegory set largely in a gay bath, was one of the early and more provocative attacks on the hypocrisy, ignorance, politics and economics surrounding the AIDS crisis." (Los Angeles Times)[1] Critic Jerry Tallmer, founder of the Obie Award, wrote: "Rosa (originally Holger) von Praunheim, the brilliant, acerbic director of such breakthrough gay-revolutionist works as Silence = Death and A Virus Knows No Morals."[5]
Notes
- ^ a b "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- PMID 11363912. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Ein Virus kennt keine Moral". Mubi. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "16mm Film Screening - Rosa von Praunheim's 'A Virus Knows No Morals'". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
- ^ "Playing the fool". Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (University of California) - The Record, 1995. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
References
- Murray, Raymond. Images in the Dark: An Encyclopedia of Gay and Lesbian Film and Video Guide. TLA Publications, 1994, ISBN 978-1-880707-01-2
External links
- A Virus Knows No Morals at IMDb
