Just a Gigolo

Australia released, PAL/Region 4 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages:o English (Dolby Digital 2.0) Synopsis: BERLIN IN THE 1920s ... a time of change, a time of upheaval. Paul von Pryzgodski (David Bowie) was a young man whose life had led him to expect heroism, but instead he found failure - failure in the Great War, failure at trying to find a career, failure at nearly every relationship that comes his way until he meets the Baroness and discovers there is one profession at which he can excel ... Just a Gigolo is the directing debut of 1960s actor David Hemmings (best known perhaps as the young photographer who shot swinging chicks in Antonioni's Blow-Up) and stars David Bowie in his second film with two German screen legends - Marlene Dietrich and Curt Jurgens - in their final big-screen appearances, alongside another veteran, Kim Novak, who was coming near the end of her career. Product Description

point of information - German title

if seeking the German DVD release of this film at amazon.de, search under the German title 'Sch?ner Gigolo, armer Gigolo'. That DVD, which has different timings from the Australian release, offers both the German-language and the English-language versions of the film. Of course, it's region 2, meaning that customers in the US and Canada will need a multi-region DVD player to view it. April 28, 2006

wait for better copy

it is ashame that the original film got burned, because this copy on DVD is crap,better find the vhs or look at the german site and wait for better times April 18, 2006

Fire Got To This Print.....

As mentioned in the inside liner notes for this release, the print that was used was salvage from a fire, and then mastered for this release, parts are strangely bright and scenes with Dietrich were cut abruptly. Although the film is a letterbox version, I cannot recommend this copy. It seems Amazon Germany now as another release that looks promising, well there goes more money to burn! January 22, 2006

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