Just a Gigolo

Nov 16, 1978

2h 27m

★ 4.8

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Leguan Film Berlin

Sender Freies Berlin

Just a Gigolo Trailers

Cast

Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski

David Bowie

Helga von Kaiserling

Kim Novak

Baroness von Semering

Marlene Dietrich

Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

Maria Schell

Prince

Curd Jürgens

Eva

Erika Pluhar

Captain Hermann Kraft

David Hemmings

Cilly

Sydne Rome

Otto

Werner Pochath

Oberst Gustav von Przygodski

Rudolf Schündler

Frau Aeckerle

Evelyn Künneke

Frau Uexkull

Karin Hardt

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