A Virus Knows No Morals

A Virus Knows No Morals
Theatrical release poster
Directed byRosa von Praunheim
Screenplay byRosa von Praunheim
Starring
  • Rosa von Praunheim
  • Dieter Dicken
  • Maria Hasenaecker
CinematographyElfi Mikesch
Edited by
  • Rosa von Praunheim
  • Michael Schaefer
Music byMaran Gosov and the Bermudas.
Production
company
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Release date
  • 16 January 1986 (1986-01-16)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryWest Germany
LanguageGerman

A Virus Knows No Morals (German: Ein Virus kennt keine Moral) is a 1986 German film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim. It was one of the first feature films about AIDS worldwide.[1][2]

The film also received much attention abroad and is still screened today. A Virus Knows No Morals premiered at the 1986 Berlin International Film Festival and was also shown, for example, at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in the same year.[3][4]

  1. ^ "MOVIE REVIEW : Praunheim Trilogy Takes On the AIDS Crisis". Los Angeles Times. 25 July 1990. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  2. ^ Judell, B. (1996). "The work of Rosa von Praunheim: tackling AIDS in Germany through film". Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care. 2 (10): 42–44. PMID 11363912. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  3. ^ "Ein Virus kennt keine Moral". Mubi. Retrieved 2022-04-28.
  4. ^ "16mm Film Screening - Rosa von Praunheim's 'A Virus Knows No Morals'". New York Public Library. Retrieved 2022-04-28.