Sebastian Bleisch Boys 16
Betty Neyhart
Bleisch's filming career came to an abrupt halt when he was arrested on 16 September 1996 during the filming of five boys being intimate in a hangar in Ludwigslust. Some of the parents of Bleisch's models had become suspicious about their sons' activities with the director and the police had initiated a criminal investigation. On 20 May 1997 Sebastian Bleisch was sentenced to two-and-a-half years' detention by the regional court in Schwerin for having used adolescents who were still under 16 years old in the 60 or so pornographic films he had directed since 1990. He evaded conviction on more serious charges, however, after the defence showed that the boys had approached Bleisch willingly and no psychological harm had occurred. While Bleisch served his sentence in the Bützow Penal Institution he wrote a trilogy of novels for which a publisher has not yet been found.[3]
Eventually you decided to also do it with boys. How did you come come to that decision?
Previously, I couldn't imagine making films with boys. Meanwhile, I got to know someone who was gay and we spent some time together and from that something developed. After that, I also appeared in films with boys.
Did you have any s*xual experiences before making videos?
Not before then. When I started making films, it was only with girls at first. Then Norbert asked if I also could do it with boys.
And with boys?
No, not yet. I had not done it before then. It happened during the time of the film making. It was with the... with the boy who I got to know later and who also was curious in a way.
Has the film making changed or influenced your own s*xuality?
I have learnt a lot from it. I have learnt a lot from it... I have also learnt what you can do in bed. With boys or so for example and what you previously never had the courage to do. I don't say that making gay videos turn you into a gay person or so. That's your own decision. And you have to find it appealing and enjoy it. More enjoyable than with girls. You discover something new and when it appeals to you, you then stick by it, and if it doesn't appeal to you, then you don't stick by it. And I have come to the conclusion that boys aren't my cup of tea. I enjoyed it at first, but not any longer. I feel more attracted to girls than boys.