Yearning for Sodom

Yearning for Sodom

45 mins | Documentary | March 21, 1989

Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award

Yearning for Sodom

45 mins | Documentary | March 21, 1989

Yearning for Sodom
Made during the last months of actor Kurt Raab, who died of AIDS in 1988. Raab, who had worked in both theatre and film, most notably with Fassbinder, was in the process of making a series of video sketches for a new production when he learned that he had AIDS. Despite his deteriorating health, and with the caring support of his friend Hans Hirshmuller, he carried on working. This tape is his last testimony. Awarded with the Adolf Grimme Award and Cinéma du Réel Award
Producers ZDF, Hanno Baethe Film- und Videoproduktion
Original title Sehnsucht nach Sodom
Directors Hanno Baethe, Hans Hirschmüller, Kurt Raab
Writers Hanno Baethe, Hans Hirschmüller, Kurt Raab

Cast

Kurt Raab

as Himself

Hans Hirschmüller

as Himself

Ingrid Caven

as Herself