Just a Gigolo (Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo)

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Directed by

David Hemmings

Starring (View all)

David Bowie
Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski

Sydne Rome
Cilly

Kim Novak
Helga von Kaiserling

David Hemmings
Captain Hermann Kraft

Maria Schell
Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

Curd Jürgens
Prince

Erika Pluhar
Eva

Hilde Weissner
Aunt Hilda

Written by

Ennio De Concini
writer

Joshua Sinclair
writer

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Just a Gigolo

7 years, 7 months ago at Sep 25 2:25

JxSxPx

As a massive devotee and fan of David Bowie, I’ve been known to refer to him as God on more than one occasion, I’ve been strangely looking forward to viewing this. I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect, but I knew it was going to be a mess. Perhaps these low expectations lead to my odd enjoyment of the film, but I’m not blind to its numerous faults and weaknesses. Just a Gigolo’s big... read more

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7 years, 5 months ago at Nov 28 3:15

fernando

Baroque in themes (gigolo, romane, fascism, crisis) but not in style. Dietrich is more respectful than moving, Bowing is learning, Rome is excellent, Novak amuses herself, Maria Schell ok.

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Description: The West German Just a Gigolo has little to do with the popular song of the same name. Its central character, played by David Bowie, is a World War I-era Prussian aristocrat. Living by his wits throughout Europe, Bowie uses his sexual prowess with beautiful women (and powerful men) to advance himself. The leering lothario eventually comes to grief in the decadent Berlin of the 1920s. We don't know how he did it, but director David Hemmings managed to corral some of the most stellar sex goddesses in film history to play cameos in Just a Gigolo: Kim Novak, Maria Schell, and even Marlene Dietrich. The film was originally released a ... (more)

Release date: 16 November 1978

Tags: 1978 (2), Drama (1), Foreign Language (1)

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“Baroque in themes (gigolo, romane, fascism, crisis) but not in style. Dietrich is more respectful than moving, Bowing is learning, Rome is excellent, Novak amuses herself, Maria Schell ok.” read more

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Just a Gigolo

“As a massive devotee and fan of David Bowie, I’ve been known to refer to him as God on more than one occasion, I’ve been strangely looking forward to viewing this. I wasn’t sure what exactly to expect, but I knew it was going to be a mess. Perhaps these low expectations lead to my odd enjoyment of the film, but I’m not blind to its numerous faults and weaknesses. Just a Gigolo’s biggest problem is a clumsiness of tonal coherence and narrative purpose. “The Graduate-lite in the Weimar Republic” is as close to a description as I can get to it. Is this trying to be arch and ironic? If so, only a few of the players get that tone and attune their performances accordingly. Is this trying to be a poignant and tragic look at the rise of Nazism? If so, someone please tell the peo” read more