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Christopher and His Kind

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After they fall in love, Christopher brings Heinz to London in 1931 to avoid being persecuted by the fascists, but he loses track of him when Heinz returns to Germany.

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Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network What Isherwood (a lovely Matt Smith) discovers, besides the rise of Nazism, is a thriving gay world that he happily dives into — inclusive of his hottie lover Heinz, played by the gorgeous Douglas Booth. Rated: B+ Jul 7, 2022 Full Review Les Wright culturevulture.net a powerful evocation of a place lost in time but richly alive in collective gay memory Jun 23, 2011 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member I enjoyed the movie, the performances, the way they handled Isherwood and his life and the cast gave good performances Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member It's not easy being gay during Nazi rule. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member I really enjoyed this since I met the subject a long time ago in LA. Matt Smith did Isherwood proud but the scene stealer was Imogene Poots, playing Jean Ross, the inspiration for Sally Bowles/Cabaret. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/23 Full Review Audience Member I did not like it at all. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Such an enlightening movie,not only for portraying the glory of pre Nazi Germany,and the change the Nazis brought,but because I now understand who is the man behind many books and characters that are now part of the modern world stage.Characters that were the inspiration for movies and musical theater.Quite a nice movie,pretty good actually considering it is a TV movie.Matt Smith,what an actor!Though I have to admit I had my issues with Matt.I don't know if it's because of Dotor Who but I kept thinking that he was at times quite in character with his Doctor and not with Isherwood.It felt strange cause I kept visualising the Doctor,and I seriously don't feel like it was my minds fault.It's just that Smith's portrayal of Isherwood carried many characteristics of the 11th Doctor.All things considered,it was a good movie,not special but certainly not a dull work,not in the slightest. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/19/23 Full Review Audience Member Admittedly I really only wanted to see this because I love Matt Smith, but I was pretty impressed. It's a bit slow moving, but overall quite interesting, and the whole cast is compelling. With better production quality I would have enjoyed it more, but considering it's a BBC production it's definitely worth seeing. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Geoffrey Sax

Director

Matt Smith

Christopher Isherwood

Imogen Poots

Jean Ross

Lindsay Duncan

Kathleen Isherwood

Perry Millward

Richard Isherwood

Toby Jones

Gerald Hamilton
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Synopsis After they fall in love, Christopher brings Heinz to London in 1931 to avoid being persecuted by the fascists, but he loses track of him when Heinz returns to Germany.
Director
Geoffrey Sax
Screenwriter
Kevin Elyot
Production Co
Mammoth Screen
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 16, 2019
Runtime
1h 30m