Enigma
Enigma
Release: 2025-01-28
·Runtime: 94m
·★ 6.3
Documentary
Two legends contested their identities as women in the court of public opinion: April Ashley, who was immortalized as a trailblazer by embracing her transgender history; and Amanda Lear, who has consciously denied and obfuscated her history for decades. Their divergent paths reveal disparate but intertwined legacies.
Production Countries
United States of America
Switzerland
Production Companies
Story Syndicate
Five All in the Fifth Entertainment
Pacific Films
HBO Documentary Films
Cast
April Ashley
as Self
Amanda Lear
as Self
Marie-Pierre Pruvot
as Self
Rebecca Root
as Narrator (voice)
Salvador Dalí
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
David Bowie
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Tina Turner
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Gaultier
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Crew
Zackary Drucker
Director
Zackary Drucker
Executive Producer
Dan Cogan
Executive Producer
Jon Bardin
Executive Producer
Kate Barry
Executive Producer
Addison Mehr
Executive Producer
Danny Bensi
Original Music Composer
James Newberry
Original Music Composer
Liz Garbus
Executive Producer
Lisa Heller
Executive Producer