The subject of male prostitution gets a distinctly zany and offbeat twist in Stellungswechsel (AKA Special Escort), Maggie Peren's tale of five male underdogs who promulgate themselves as female escorts in the city of Munich. Of that group, we meet policeman Gy, in hot water with his insurance company and enduring the vicissitudes of an on-again, off-again romance with comely Daphne; twentysomething Lasse, who lives with his mom and is pathetically henpecked by her; Giselher, a chronically unemployed former manager; Frank, a philologist who spends his days as a house husband; and Olli, a deli proprietor whose business is rapidly going under. These five conjure up the wild idea of charging for liaisons with emotionally needy women, but the scheme doesn't exactly go as planned - as none can even begin to anticipate the eccentricities or oddities of the female clients who turn up in response to their offer.
Credits
Special Escort Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Simon Verhoeven
He was 35, now 51 years old
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as Wick |
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Annette Kreft
She was 53, now 69 years old
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as Inge |
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Florian Lukas
He was 34, now 51 years old
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as Frank |
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Kostja Ullmann
He was 23, now 39 years old
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as Lasse |
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Lisa Potthoff
She was 29, now 45 years old
|
as Daphne |
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Herbert Knaup
He was 51, now 68 years old
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as Giselher |
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Ulrike Kriener
She was 52, now 69 years old
|
as Heide |
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Katharina Heyer
She was 24, now 40 years old
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as Lydia |
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Gustav-Peter Wöhler
He was 51, now 67 years old
|
as Olli |
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Sebastian Bezzel
He was 36, now 52 years old
|
as Gy |
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Diana Staehly
She was 29, now 46 years old
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as Sabine |
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Nina Kronjäger
She was 40, now 57 years old
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as Birte |
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Christian Heiner Wolf
He was 33, now 50 years old
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as Beamter der Sitte |
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Adriana Altaras
She was 47, now 64 years old
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as Ulrike |
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Annette Paulmann
She was 42, now 59 years old
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as Andrea |
Special Escort Crew
