Enigma
Enigma

Enigma

Choose your destiny.

5.4(10 votes)
2025
1h 34m
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

Story Syndicate, Five All in the Fifth Entertainment, Pacific Films

Cast

April Ashley

April Ashley

Self

Amanda Lear

Amanda Lear

Self

Marie-Pierre Pruvot

Marie-Pierre Pruvot

Self

Allanah Starr

Allanah Starr

Self

Morgan M. Page

Morgan M. Page

Self

Dolly Van Doll

Dolly Van Doll

Self

Rebecca Root

Rebecca Root

Narrator (voice)

Salvador Dalí

Salvador Dalí

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

David Bowie

David Bowie

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Tina Turner

Tina Turner

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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