Underground and Emigrants

Underground and Emigrants

89 mins | Documentary | Oct. 25, 1976

In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts movement, the better-known of whom are William Burroughs (who says nothing for the camera), Andy Warhol (seen in the distance) and Fernando Arrabal (who is interviewed in Spanish). The emigrants named in the title are notable Germans who left the country before World War II, such as Greta Keller and Grete Mosheim. Reviewers at the time of the film's release considered it to have been a sort of paid vacation for the filmmaker rather than a serious effort. (Clarke Fountain, Rovi)

Underground and Emigrants

89 mins | Documentary | Oct. 25, 1976

Underground and Emigrants
In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts movement, the better-known of whom are William Burroughs (who says nothing for the camera), Andy Warhol (seen in the distance) and Fernando Arrabal (who is interviewed in Spanish). The emigrants named in the title are notable Germans who left the country before World War II, such as Greta Keller and Grete Mosheim. Reviewers at the time of the film's release considered it to have been a sort of paid vacation for the filmmaker rather than a serious effort. (Clarke Fountain, Rovi)
Producers Sender Freies Berlin
Original title Underground and Emigrants
Directors Rosa von Praunheim
Writers Rosa von Praunheim

Cast

Lee Breuer

as Self

Divine

as Self

Tom Eyen

as Self

Greta Keller

as Self

Charles Ludlam

as Self

Grete Mosheim

as Self

Danny Partridge

as Self

Lil Picard

as Self

Andy Warhol

as Self

Holly Woodlawn

as Self