Coming Out (1989)

Director: Heiner Carow
Starring: Matthias Freihof  Dagmar Manzel  Dirk Kummer  Michael Gwisdek  Werner Dissel
Year of release: 1989
Running time: 108
Age restriction: 16 SN
Category: Gay & Lesbian Films  

Reportedly the first film to come out of East Germany to deal openly with gay issues. It seems like a good thing when Philip (Mathias Freihof), a high-school teacher, bumps into Tanja (Dagmar Manzel), starts a relationship with her, and eventually moves in with her. But Philip has a secret he hasn’t even told himself. He attended a transvestite ball and met a man named Matthias (Dirk Kummer) there, with whom he also has been having an affair. He can’t bring himself to tell either one about the other one.