List of LGBT-related films of 1972
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This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender or queer-related films released in 1972. It contains theatrically released films that deal with important gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or queer characters or issues and may have same-sex romance or relationships as a plot device.
Films
Title | Director | Country | Genre | Cast | Notes |
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The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | West Germany | Drama | Margit Carstensen, Irm Hermann, Hanna Schygulla, Gisela Fackeldey, Eva Mattes and Katrin Schaake | a.k.a. Die bitteren Tränen der Petra von Kant; based on Fassbinder's play of the same name |
The Blood Spattered Bride | Vicente Aranda | Spain | Horror | Simón Andreu, Maribel Martín, Alexandra Bastedo | a.k.a. La novia ensangrentada, Till Death Do Us Part; based on the novel Carmilla by Sheridan Le Fanu |
Cabaret | Bob Fosse | United States | Musical, drama | Liza Minnelli, Michael York, Helmut Griem, Joel Grey, Fritz Wepper, Marisa Berenson, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helen Vita, Sigrid von Richthofen, Gerd Vespermann, Ralf Wolter, Georg Hartmann, Ricky Renee and Oliver Collignon | |
The Death of Maria Malibran | Werner Schroeter | West Germany | Experimental, drama | Magdalena Montezuma, Christine Kaufmann, Candy Darling, Manuela Riva, Ingrid Caven | a.k.a. Der Tod der Maria Malibran; fictional, experimental film influenced by the life of opera singer Maria Malibran |
Deliverance | John Boorman | United States | Adventure, drama, thriller | Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty, Ronny Cox, Ed Ramey, Billy Redden, Bill McKinney, Herbert 'Cowboy' Coward, James Dickey, Macon McCalman, Belinda Beatty and Charley Boorman | Screenplay by James Dickey, based on his novel of the same name |
Heat | Paul Morrissey | United States | Drama | Joe Dallesandro, Sylvia Miles, Andrea Feldman, Pat Ast, Ray Vestal, Lester Persky, Eric Emerson, Gary Kaznocha, Harold Stevenson, John Hallowell, Pat Parlemon and Bonnie Walder | |
I Want What I Want | John Dexter | United Kingdom | Drama | Anne Heywood, Harry Andrews, Jill Bennett | Based on the novel of the same name by Geoff Brown |
My Dearest Senorita | Jaime de Armiñán | Spain | Romance, drama | José Luis López Vázquez, Julieta Serrano, Antonio Ferrandis, Enrique Ávila, Lola Gaos, Chus Lampreave, Mónica Randall and José Luis Borau | a.k.a. Mi querida señorita |
Pete 'n' Tillie | Martin Ritt | United States | Comedy, drama | Walter Matthau, Carol Burnett | Adapted from the novella Witch's Mlik by Peter De Vries |
Pink Flamingos | John Waters | United States | Comedy, crime | John Waters, David Lochary, Mink Stole, Mary Vivian Pearce, Danny Mills, Edith Massey, Cookie Mueller, Channing Wilroy, Paul Swift, Susan Walsh, Linda Olgierson, Pat Moran, Steve Yeager, George Figgs and Elizabeth Coffey | |
That Certain Summer | Lamont Johnson | United States | Drama | Hal Holbrook, Martin Sheen | TV movie that was recognized as being the first network drama to depict a stable, same-gender couple |
Zee and Co. | Brian G. Hutton | United Kingdom | Drama | Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Caine, Susannah York, Margaret Leighton, John Standing, Mary Larkin and Michael Cashman | Screenplay by Edna O'Brien, who later adapted it into a novel; a.k.a. X Y and Zee, Zee and Company |