
Shortbus(2006)
In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous for its blend of art, music, politics, and carnality.


“An anatomically incorrect rock odyssey”
Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.

John Cameron Mitchell
Hedwig

Miriam Shor
Yitzhak

Stephen Trask
Skszp
Theodore Liscinski
Jacek

Rob Campbell
Krzysztof

Michael Aronov
Schlatko

Andrea Martin
Phyllis Stein
Ben Mayer-Goodman
Hansel - 6 years old

Alberta Watson
Hansel's Mom

Gene Pyrz
Hansel's Dad
Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a comedy, music, drama film released in 2001 exploring themes of transvestism, transsexuality, singer, glam rock, lgbt, self identity. Directed by John Cameron Mitchell, it stars John Cameron Mitchell, Miriam Shor, Stephen Trask. Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.
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