Underground and Emigrants
In this film, outspokenly homosexual filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has documented his encounters with friends in the New York "underground" arts movement, the better-known of whom are William Burroughs (who says nothing for the camera), Andy Warhol (seen in the distance) and Fernando Arrabal (who is interviewed in Spanish). The emigrants named in the title are notable Germans who left the country before World War II, such as Greta Keller and Grete Mosheim. Reviewers at the time of the film's release considered it to have been a sort of paid vacation for the filmmaker rather than a serious effort. (Clarke Fountain, Rovi)
Cast
Fernando Arrabal
as Self
Lee Breuer
as Self
William S. Burroughs
as Self
Divine
as Self
Tom Eyen
as Self
Greta Keller
as Self
Charles Ludlam
as Self
Grete Mosheim
as Self
Danny Partridge
as Self
Lil Picard
as Self
