✚ FRITZ THÄLMANN ✚

fritz thälmann is a fetish film director in hartford, ct. they are strongly infatuated with moral corruption and bodily decay from neglecting one's own needs as a result of said moral corruption. this obsessesion applies especially to close friends, but also spans strangers, acquaintances and even themself, to a lesser extent. the pornography they produce revolves around that interest as well and, as a result, is extremely niche and doesn't attract the attention of many people. their audience consists of a small cult following, most of whom are interested in the artistic aspects of the movies rather than the erotic ones.

fritz was never close to their family due to a mutual disinterest in one another. they ran away from home at 16 and survived off prostitution until age 23, when they began a short-lived career in acting for porn movies. they were quickly dismissed for their off-putting behavior on-camera turning off viewers from the productions. their interest in production, however, remained, and they scraped what little money they had to begin making movies of their own.

the films are awkward, stiff and amateurish. the actors and actresses are clearly shoddy rookies if they have any background in acting at all and it is very obvious they are not at all into it. this is all intentional from fritz's part, as seeing vulnerable people degrade themselves for material gain strongly plays into their fetish.

massimo kovalchik is a familiar face to fritz's viewers, as he's starred in many of their films in times of desperation. outside of their work together, fritz and massimo are close, closer than fritz is to their other regulars, at least.

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