

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.
Directed by David Hemmings
User score
34 votes



Released
November 16, 1978
2h 27m
English, German

David Bowie
Paul Ambrosius von Przygodski

Kim Novak
Helga von Kaiserling

Marlene Dietrich
Baroness von Semering

Maria Schell
Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

Curd Jürgens
Prince

Erika Pluhar
Eva

David Hemmings
Captain Hermann Kraft

Sydne Rome
Cilly

Werner Pochath
Otto

Rudolf Schündler
Oberst Gustav von Przygodski

Evelyn Künneke
Frau Aeckerle
Karin Hardt
Frau Uexkull

Rainer Hunold
Lothar

Christiane Maybach
Gilda

Reinhard Kolldehoff
Max, Cillys Agent

Gudrun Genest
Frau Von Putzdorf
Ulrich Bödecker
Mampe-Flasche (uncredited)
Mircea Krishan
French Mayor (uncredited)
Dietrich Frauboes
Priest (uncredited)
Ursula Heyer
Greta (uncredited)