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.
Not for warmth, comfort or uplift.
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David BowiePaul Ambrosius von Przygodski
Kim NovakHelga von Kaiserling
Marlene DietrichBaroness von Semering
Maria SchellPauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
Curd JürgensPrince
Erika PluharEva
David HemmingsCaptain Hermann Kraft
Sydne RomeCilly
Werner PochathOtto
Rudolf SchündlerOberst Gustav von Przygodski
Evelyn KünnekeFrau Aeckerle
Karin HardtFrau Uexkull
Rainer HunoldLothar
Christiane MaybachGilda
Reinhard KolldehoffMax, Cillys Agent
Gudrun GenestFrau Von Putzdorf
Mircea KrishanFrench Mayor (uncredited)
Ursula HeyerGreta (uncredited)
Arno JürgingLynne (uncredited)
Alice KesslerDancer (uncredited)
Ellen KesslerDancer (uncredited)
Y Sa LoCarolin (uncredited)
Günter MeisnerBetrunkener Arbeiter (uncredited)
Charles Hans VogtToni (uncredited)Pick a department, or search for a name or a job (“editor”, “stunt”).
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GoodWatch score 71November 16, 1978 · 2 h 27 min · R
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Tubi TVIn the United States, Just a Gigolo streams on Prime and Shout! Factory, and it is free with ads on The Roku, Kanopy, Fandango at Home Free, Pluto TV, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Tubi TV, and Amazon MX Player. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, and YouTube. It also streams in 10 other countries.
Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 41 (IMDb 5.4, Letterboxd 2.8 out of 5, and Rotten Tomatoes 33%). Audiences rate it higher (49 out of 100) than critics (33).
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 9 for melancholy, against 2 for hopefulness.
Mostly character-driven: it leans on character depth (9 of 10) and pathos (9 of 10) more than on its plot.
No, it was made in German, with some English.
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