Christopher and His Kind (2011)

6.3/10 • 90 min • Drama Romance TV Movie

Overview

In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz, paying medical bills for the boy's sickly mother, to the disapproval of her other son, Nazi Gerhardt.

Cast

Matt Smith

Christopher Isherwood

Imogen Poots

Jean Ross

Lindsay Duncan

Kathleen Isherwood

Toby Jones

Gerald Hamilton

Pip Carter

W. H. Auden

Alexander Dreymon

Caspar

Issy van Randwyck

Frl. Thurau

Clare Louise Connolly

Frl. Schmidt

Maggie Hayes

Frl. Mayr

Iddo Goldberg

Wilfrid Landauer

Will Kemp

Bobby Gilbert

Douglas Booth

Heinz Neddermayer

Gertrude Thoma

Fr. Neddermayer

Tom Wlaschiha

Gerhardt Neddermayer

Stuart Graham

Passport Officer

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