The circle (Der Kreis)

Founded in the early 40s, the network around the magazine ‘The Circle’ was the only gay organisation to survive the Nazi regime. Legendary masquerade balls in a theater in Zurich provided 800 visitors from all over Europe with a secret and safe space to act out their ‘otherness’ in a self-determined way. It is there that the timid teacher Ernst Ostertag falls in love with the drag-star Röbi Rapp. Ernst is looking for a way to fight for his homosexuality to be accepted as a normal behavior outside the boundaries of ‘The Circle’ network without losing his employment as a teacher. As for Röbi, he champions the joint fruition of their love.

Flagey, Brussels Film Festival