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Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo

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Just a Gigolo

1978

2h 27m

5.0(34 votes)

Drama

Overview

After World War I, a war hero returns to Berlin to find that there's no place for him--he has no skills other than what he learned in the army, and can only find menial, low-paying jobs. He decides to become a gigolo to lonely rich women.

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Sender Freies Berlin

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

David Bowie

David Bowie

Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski

Kim Novak

Kim Novak

Helga von Kaiserling

Marlene Dietrich

Marlene Dietrich

Baroness von Semering

Maria Schell

Maria Schell

Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

Curd Jürgens

Curd Jürgens

Prince

Erika Pluhar

Erika Pluhar

Eva

David Hemmings

David Hemmings

Captain Hermann Kraft

Sydne Rome

Sydne Rome

Cilly

Werner Pochath

Werner Pochath

Otto

Rudolf Schündler

Rudolf Schündler

Oberst Gustav von Przygodski

Creative team

Directed by: David Hemmings
Written by: Julius Brammer
Irving Caesar
Produced by: Rolf Thiele

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