The Battle of Tuntenhaus

The first part of the documentary introduces the Tuntenhaus ("house of queers") – a gay and radical drag queen squat on Mainzer Strasse in East Berlin, in 1990; the occupation is one of many on the street, which was known as a "hotbed of revolutionary and anti-fascist activity."

The squatters face ongoing violence from neo-Nazi gangs, and are evicted by West German police in November 1990 as part of the Battle of Mainzer Strasse.

[8] Critic Kevin Thomas, writing for The Los Angeles Times in 1992, called The Battle of Tuntenhaus "a tender, angry account.

"[9] Die Tageszeitung, writing in 2022, said "The Battle of Tuntenhaus is about left-wing dreams and utopias and how they burst" and called the film "a wonderful contemporary document about Berlin shortly after reunification and the autonomous squatter scene, and above all about queer people who tried to create their very own ecosystem.

"[10] The Battle of Tuntenhaus has been discussed as an important documentation of radical queer history and as a unique artifact of autonomous and squatter movements.