Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo

5.0IMDb Score
Released:1978-11-16
Genre:Drama
Duration:147 min
Country:Germany
Director:David Hemmings
Actors:David Bowie, Kim Novak, Marlene Dietrich, Maria Schell, Curd Jürgens
Production:BR, Leguan Film Berlin, Sender Freies Berlin
Keywords:gigolo

Overview:

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.

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