The Raspberry Reich

Synopsis:

Inspired by the Baader-Meinhof gang, a film about modern left Germans adopting the culture of extreme left-wing movements of the 1970s. East German dominatrix Gudrun leads a revolutionary gang of her own in Berlin. She has her men kidnap the son of a rich businessman in order to gain publicity. Claiming that heterosexuality is a social norm created to keep the people down, she forces her male minions to have sex with each other.

Quick Thoughts:

I can’t quite recall when or how I first discovered “The Raspberry Reich” but I was captivated. This erotic satire of the German RAF from Bruce Labruce is a film that you cannot forget after watching! Part erotica and part political commentary, this film juxtoposes those two elements against each other in order to push the agenda that everyone is bisexual. And that if everyone were to unleash their repressed same-sex attractions, the world would explode from the resulting sexual liberation! Ok, so the political satire angle is a bit out there – but hey, the sex scenes worked into the homosexual revolution are worth watching! Which is a positive aspect of the film, because they clearly cast adult film actors rather than actual actors; the acting is cringeworthy at times. It also has quite a wicked soundtrack! If you’re able to find a copy of this erotic political satire, give it a watch!