Short films A-Z HERE
Abbreviations:
H = Hetero, S = Gay, L = Lesbian, T = Transgender,
NX = does not contain explicit sex scenes, X = contains explicit sex scenes,
D = documentary film, FT = Fetish, SW = Sexwork
(films on this year's special theme sex work & prostitution),
F = films made by female directors
Albrecht Becker, Arsch Ficker, Faust Ficker / S, NX, D
26.10., 16:00, Eiszeit 1, Short film programme "Eccentrics"
France, 2004, 8 minutes, Hervé Joseph Lebrun, German Premiere, French original version with English subtitles
Albrecht Becker (1906-2002) was one of the last people who survived the Nazi suppression of homosexuals, which started in 1933 with the implementation of Paragraph 175. Imprisoned in Nuremberg from 1935 to 1938, he then decides to enrol in the army. On the Russian front he starts taking photos. After the war he dedicates himself to his job as a cinema production designer and scenographer. Becker had started to "decorate" his body in 1943, practicing the art of tattoos and piercing and taking photos of his progressive transformations. Lebrun puts the spotlight on the body of Becker, with photographs resembling landscapes of a body which, by its constant mutations and history, left a mark on its century.