Frank Ripploh
Frank Ripploh (2 September 1949 – 24 June 2002) was a German actor, film director, and author. He is best remembered for his semi-autobiographical 1980 film Taxi zum Klo. The film, produced on a shoestring budget of 100,000 DM, explored the day-to-day life of a Berlin schoolteacher who also led a very active gay sex life.
Frank Ripploh

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- Name
- Frank Ripploh
- Born
- 2 September 1949
- Birthplace
- Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Rheine, Germany)
- Died
- 24 June 2002
- Place of death
- Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
- Occupation
- Film director, writer, actor
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
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Frank Ripploh (2 September 1949 – 24 June 2002) was a German actor, film director, and author. He is best remembered for his semi-autobiographical 1980 film Taxi zum Klo. The film, produced on a shoestring budget of 100,000 DM, explored the day-to-day life of a Berlin schoolteacher who also led a very active gay sex life.
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Extremely explicit for its day, and for some time afterward (to the point where the film was not passed uncut by the British Board of Film Classification until 2011), Taxi zum Klo was considered groundbreaking for the subject matter it portrayed, and achieved something of a cult status among gay audiences of the time. In 1987, Ripploh directed a sequel entitled Taxi nach Kairo, but the film was not considered as successful as its predecessor, and it was not released outside Germany. Ripploh also participated in the creation of a small number of other art house films during the 1980s, and had a role in the 1982 movie Querelle directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Ripploh died of cancer in 2002.
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• Name — Frank Ripploh • Born — 2 September 1949 • Birthplace — Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany (now Rheine, Germany) • Died — 24 June 2002 • Place of death — Rheine, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany • Occupation — Film director, writer, actor • Notable Works — Taxi zum Klo
Filmography
Filmography
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1974 — Axel von Auersperg — Äxel von Auersperg — Television film • 1975 — Monolog eines Stars — Lehrer — Television film • 1975 — Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen — Die griechische Gott-Tunte • 1980 — Taxi zum Klo — Frank Ripploh — Also director and writer • 1982 — Kamikaze 1989 — Gangster • 1982 — Querelle — Bertrunkener Legionär • 1986 — Miko: From the Gutter to the Stars — Stefan • 1987 — Taxi nach Kairo — Frank Ripploh — Also director and writer
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- 1.Michael Esser. Taxi zum Klo.
- 2.Niels Kummer. Ich bin schwul. 1978-10.
- 3.Sch(w)ulbeispiel. 1979-03-02.
- 4.Thomas Wessel. »Taxi« zum Erfolg. 1981-04-04.
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