Rome, Italy, early 1980s. A guy who worked at the Blue Gay, a transvestite cabaret, is found murdered, strangled. Marshal Nico Giraldi is responsible for investigating, infiltrating the Roman Gay community.
With stars like Angie Stardust (also music credits), Judith Flex, and Joaquin La Habana, director Rosa von Praunheim has fashioned a film about the teeming flip side of life in Berlin centered on eccentric characters of almost every imaginable sexual orientation, or disorientation -- most are American performers drawn to the city of "lost souls" as a place where they can give full rein to their creative natures.
In this sequel to Die Bettwurst, Dietmar and Luzi are a somewhat unorthodox couple, who live and fight with tremendous enthusiasm. The unusual nature of their liaison is signalled by the fact that Dietmar is bisexual and is completely unable to remain faithful to Luzi. Dietmar also has his own, personal dialect of German. Luzi, on the other hand, is coziness personified. No matter, in this film they get married at the Memorial Church in Berlin. Infuriated at his playing around, Luzi briefly splits up with him, but when her dog dies of poisoning, he is there to comfort her.
3류 포주 프란츠(라이너 베르너 파스빈더)는 범죄 조직 가입 권유를 받고 이를 거절했다가 조직원들에게 폭력을 당한다. 프란츠는 그를 구타한 조직원 중 잘 생긴 브루노(울리히 롬멜)를 사랑하게 되고, 연인이자 창녀인 요한나(한나 쉬굴라)를 그와 함께 나누고 싶어한다. 하지만 조직은 브루노에게 살인 임무를 맡기면서 프란츠도 동참하도록 계략을 짜고, 결국 이들은 함께 은행을 털기로 한다. 전형적인 헐리우드 범죄영화 스토리를 따르고 있으나, 건조한 캐릭터와 불친절한 내러티브 등 실험정신으로 충만한 파스빈더의 첫 장편 데뷔작.
