BLISSESTRASSE (2009)
Germany/Canada
Paul Donovan/Writer, Director/Producer
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Photo credits Stefan Mohn
Blissestraße is the story of a group of young American Christian fundamentalists on a mission to Berlin to try to bring the Germans back to Jesus. They do not succeed. Two of the young missionaries, Harris and Rodney, quickly find themselves in very complicated adult sexual adventures.
Berlin—a unique city with a dark cloud of history hanging over it—is also a real character in Blissestraße, and one that will likely prove unfamiliar even to those who think they know Berlin well.
Cast:
Michael McManus: Pastor William
Pastor William, the mission’s leader, suffers from a special hate for homosexuals, which is dangerously problematic for both him and his followers because Berlin is a Babylon of temptation for the gay devil that lives inside him.
Alex Goode: Harris
Harris is a bright, attractive, skinny 20 year-old from a broken home in the
Maryland suburbs of Washington D.C. His mother is an ex-hippie alcoholic. His
father died of lung cancer when he was eighteen. Harris”s tough life got a lot
worse when he was arrested for selling his father”s Dilaudid (type of
morphine) at his high school. Luckily, he managed to get his long prison
sentence stayed by pretending to be “saved.” Finding it difficult to keep up
his false life in a Christian College, Harris volunteers to join an American
Christian Mission in Berlin. We see Harris as kind of conventional, white middle
class. There is a lot of flexibility in how he looks. But he should be European
stock and most importantly – charismatic. He has a rugged look to him, and
looks like he”d have a mechanical ability..like fixing motorcycles. Good
voice, as he is the voice of the film.
Phillip Gerstner: Luke
Meredith Autry: Rodney
Devon Buchanan: Nancy
David Standish: Jay
Rolf Kanies: Anton
Claudine Biswas: Conni
Samuel Finzi: Norbert
Michael Nathanja Kuehl: Kevin
Rudiger Kuhlbrodt: Aufpasser Gerd
Werner Lustig: Patient
Beate Malkus: Ute
Jean Denis Romer: Dr. Falkner
Daniel Schufatinskij: Jarhead 2
Tom Sommerlatte: Cedric
Patrick Thomas: Backpacker
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