Rent Boys

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Synopsis: Since the 1960’s West Berlin’s most important transportation center – Bahnhof Zoo train station _ served a second, lesser known function as a meeting place for hordes of male prostitutes from all over Eastern Europe. Now, filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim profiles the personal and historic impact of the hustler culture that emerged at Bahnof Zoo by turning his lens on five grown men who spent their youths as rent boys at the station. Each of the subjects stories reveals the expected obstacles – abuse, drug addiction and poverty – but the men also display a surprising tenderness and determination to move on. At the same time, each man must cope with the emotional and physical consequences of their past decisions.

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Synopsis: Since the 1960’s West Berlin’s most important transportation center – Bahnhof Zoo train station _ served a second, lesser known function as a meeting place for hordes of male prostitutes from all over Eastern Europe. Now, filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim profiles the personal and historic impact of the hustler culture that emerged at Bahnof Zoo by turning his lens on five grown men who spent their youths as rent boys at the station. Each of the subjects stories reveals the expected obstacles – abuse, drug addiction and poverty – but the men also display a surprising tenderness and determination to move on. At the same time, each man must cope with the emotional and physical consequences of their past decisions.