Westler [SEP] country of origin
Westler
Westler is a 1985 film originally produced for West Germany television and later released in cinema. It was directed by Wieland Speck and broadcast on ZDF. It gained a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 44%
Synopsis.
Felix (played by Sigurd Rachman) is visited in West Berlin by an American friend from Los Angeles (played by Andy Lucas). The two make a day trip to East Berlin where they meet Thomas (played by Rainer Strecker). Thomas and Felix fall in love but are divided by the
Openly gay, he has lived in Berlin since 1972. Speck studied German, theater and ethnology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
In 1985, he produced his first feature film "Westler".
He was a panel member of the Berlin State Film Fund (1990-1993) and the Hamburg Film Fund (1994-1998) and from 1992 to 2017 he was head of the Panorama section of the Berlinale.
In 2011 he won the Nino Gennaro Award at the first edition of Sicilia Queer filmfest.