Fiction

HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH

John Cameron Mitchell
USA 2001
88 min
V'01

Born a boy in East Berlin, young Hedwig escapes to America. A botched sex change operation leaves her with a protruding «angry inch». Her journey from Kansas trailer park bride to glammed-up rocker is chronicled through a collage of music, flashbacks, and even some animation, with special attention paid to a teenage goth-rocker who steals her heart, then her songs. While Hedwig performs at decrepit seafood restaurants, he plays sold-out arenas. Director/writer Mitchell brings an aura of bravado and fire to the undeterred, bitterly witty Hedwig, ably supported by Stephen Trask's Grammy-nominated soundtrack, newly recorded by the group Girls Against Boys.

Credits
  • John Cameron Mitchell (Hedwig - /Hansel
  • Andrea Martin - Phyllis Stein
  • Michael Pitt - Tommy Gnosis
  • Alberta Watson - Hansels Mutter
  • Stephen Trask - Skszp
  • Rob Campbell - Krzysztof
  • John Cameron Mitchell (nach seinem Musical)
  • Frank G. DeMarco
  • Kelly Paul Simpson
  • Andrew Marcus
  • Stephen Trask
  • Thérèse Deprez
  • Arianne Phillips
  • Jerry Mitchell
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