
Baldiga: Unlocked Heart
Documentary
Overview
Using diary excerpts, photographs and memories from companions, the film paints the portrait of the artist Jürgen Baldiga who sensitively and authentically captured the West Berlin queer scene of the 1980s and early 1990s with his camera.
Top Cast
Jürgen Baldiga
Jürgen Baldiga
Self
Jürgen Baldiga
Self
Timo Lewandovsky
Timo Lewandovsky
Timo Lewandovsky
Bernd Boßmann
Bernd Boßmann
Bernd Boßmann
Ulf Reimer
Ulf Reimer
Ulf Reimer
Birgit Baldiga
Birgit Baldiga
Birgit Baldiga
Maurice Läbe
Maurice Läbe
Narrator
Maurice Läbe
Narrator


Franziskus Claus
Franziskus Claus
Baldiga
Franziskus Claus
Baldiga
Jannis Veihelmann
Jannis Veihelmann
Junger Baldige
Jannis Veihelmann
Junger Baldige
Raphael Kaballo
Raphael Kaballo
Eros
Raphael Kaballo
Eros
Leonie Becker
Leonie Becker
Leonie Becker
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