Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)

7.4/10 95 min Comedy Music Drama

Overview

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'.

Cast

John Cameron Mitchell

Hedwig

Miriam Shor

Yitzhak

Stephen Trask

Skszp

Rob Campbell

Krzysztof

Michael Aronov

Schlatko

Andrea Martin

Phyllis Stein

Alberta Watson

Hansel's Mom

Gene Pyrz

Hansel's Dad

Michael Pitt

Tommy Gnosis

Karen Hines

Tommy's Publicist

Maurice Dean Wint

Sgt. Luther Robinson

Sook-Yin Lee

Kwahng-Yi

Maggie Moore

Trailer Park Neighbor

Taylor Abrahamse

Singing Boy (uncredited)

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