Hedwig and the Angry Inch

~An anatomically incorrect rock odyssey.

Overview

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely talented rock diva, inhabiting a 'beautiful gender of one'.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 2001-07-20
Budget: $6000000
Revenue: $3660081
Runtime: 95 min

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