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The Circle (German: Der Kreis) is a 2014 Swiss docudrama film. Written and directed by Stefan Haupt, the film concerns the social network of gay men that developed in Zürich in the 1940s and 1950s, centered on The Circle, a gay publication, and the social events it sponsored. As the police investigate three murders of gay men by rent boys, they scapegoat The Circle and its subscribers for making Zürich an international center of gay tourism.
The film focuses on the story of Ernst Ostertag and Röbi Rapp, a schoolteacher and a drag entertainer, who met through their participation in the publication inner circle and began a lifelong romantic relationship. Interviews with them and other survivors and experts on the era are interspersed with documentary film and photographs as well as a scripted dramatic enactment of the story. The lack of legal proscription against homosexuals and Zürich's growing notoriety provide the context for the growth of a publication that overtly catered to a gay readership while avoiding explicit materials, both in prose and illustrations, in order to meet the standards of Swiss censorship.
The couple are portrayed by Matthias Hungerbühler and Sven Schelker, with documentary interviews with the real Ostertag and Rapp.
The Circle was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.




Plot






Cast


Matthias Hungerbühler - Ernst Ostertag
Sven Schelker - Röbi Rapp
Anatole Taubman - Felix
Peter Jecklin - Principal Dr. Max Sieber
Marianne Sägebrecht - Erika
Antoine Monot, Jr. - Gian
Marie Leuenberger - Gabi Gerster
Stefan Witschi - Rolf




Release


The film was premiered at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival in Panorama section.




Reception






= Critical response

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The Circle has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 24 reviews, and an average rating of 6.8/10. Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 67 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".




= Awards and nominations

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The film won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2014 Berlin Film Festival, as well as the Panorama Audience Award. North American distribution rights were subsequently acquired by Wolfe Video. It was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 87th Academy Awards, but was not nominated. Director Stefan Haupt said "it's an honour to represent Switzerland".




See also


LGBT history in Switzerland
List of submissions to the 87th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
List of Swiss submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film




References






External links


The Circle at IMDb
The Circle at AllMovie

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