

A Virus Knows No Morals
1986-01-16 · 82 min · ★ 4.8
Nurses on the night shift roll dice to see which AIDS patient will die next. The owner of a gay bathhouse gets Kaposi's Sarcoma but tries to keep his mind on profits. An epidemic victim is harassed by a reporter on his death bed - he sticks her with a contaminated syringe. The government opens a quarantine called Hell Gay Land. Gay terrorists kidnap the Minister of Health...
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- Directors
- Rosa von Praunheim
- Production companies
- Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
- Countries
- Germany
- Status
- Released
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Rosa von PraunheimRüdiger Kackinski
Eva-Maria KurzCarola Schrecksch
Hella von SinnenNurse (uncredited)
Craig RussellBarkeeper (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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