“Brilliant…a beautiful work without a single false note.” – New York Magazine
“Four stars! Savagely funny…bluntly insightful.” – Time Out (New York)
One of the thousands of Germans born with deformities caused by the drug Thalidomide, filmmaker Niko van Glasow confronts his disability head-on in this extraordinary documentary, which follows his search for eleven other “Thalidomiders” willing to pose naked for a book of photos. With a darkly humorous touch, and no deference to political correctness, the film explores the sensitivities and feelings of the disabled in a way rarely seen on film.
Germany, 2008, 84 min.
In English & German with English subtitles
Available in 35mm and digital formats
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DVD now available for educational purchase.