Metrograph

A landmark of 1980s queer European cinema and a magnet for controversy upon its release, seized by US Customs among other indignities, the semi-autobiographical, warts and all Taxi zum Klo—newly restored for its 45th anniversary—stars writer/director Ripploh as “Frank,” a dedicated public school teacher accustomed to filling his leisure hours with anonymous sex—and lots of it—whose routine of cruising public toilets is interrupted when he falls for Bernd, a sweet soul who wants to share Frank’s life… but doesn’t share his insatiable appetite for sexual variety. “A tragicomic story about the impossibility of a couple’s life… Neither a pornographic film, nor a sociological exposé, nor a moral lesson.” —Frank Ripploh

The film was scanned with ARRISCAN XT by Salzgeber in Germany in 4K resolution from 35mm negative. Sound was taken from a digital source produced by Frank Ripploh in the year 2000. Grading was performed using Davinci Resolve and based on the grading of the year 2000 supervised by Frank Ripploh before his death.

Distributor: Altered Innocence