Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo

1978•2h 27m•5.0/10

Drama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.0/10(32)

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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Production

BR, Leguan Film Berlin, Sender Freies Berlin

Language

DE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

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

Evelyn Künneke

Evelyn Künneke

Frau Aeckerle

Karin Hardt

Karin Hardt

Frau Uexkull

Rainer Hunold

Rainer Hunold

Lothar

Christiane Maybach

Christiane Maybach

Gilda

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Reinhard Kolldehoff

Max, Cillys Agent

Gudrun Genest

Gudrun Genest

Frau Von Putzdorf

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