Rent Boys

Rent Boys
German theatrical release poster
German	Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Written by	Rosa von Praunheim
Produced by	Rosa von Praunheim
Starring	Sergiu Grimalschi Peter Kern Master Patrick Wolfgang Werner
Cinematography	Nicolai Zoern Lorenz Haarmann Jens Paetzold Dennis Paul Thomas Ladenburg
Edited by	Mike Shephard
Music by	Andreas Wolter
Production companies	Rosa von Praunheim Film produktion RBB NDR production
Distributed by	Basis-Film-Verleih GmbH
Release date	15 February 2011 (2011-02-15) (Berlin) 24 February 2011 (2011-02-24) (Germany)
Running time	86 minutes
Country	Germany
Languages	German Romanian
Budget	€140,000

Rent Boys (German: Die Jungs vom Bahnhof Zoo, lit. 'The guys from Bahnof Zoo') is a 2011 German documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim.

The film focuses on male prostitution oriented to gay men in and around Bahnhof Zoo train station, a central transport facility in Berlin that has been a meeting place between gay men and male prostitutes for more than forty years.^[1]

The film consists of interviews with current and former hustlers (mostly immigrants from Eastern Europe), their male customers, and the social workers who try to help them.^[2] It portrays not only the tragic fate of some of the male prostitutes, their everyday life and routines, but also other aspects related to male prostitution: poverty, drug addiction, AIDS, crime, migration, love, and partnership.

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External links[]

• Rent Boys at IMDb

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