Drama · Germany · 1919 · 51m

Different from the Others

Anders als die Andern

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Director
Richard Oswald
Cast
Conrad Veidt as Paul Körner Anita Berber as Else Sivers Magnus Hirschfeld as Doctor / Sexologist Reinhold Schünzel as Franz Bollek Fritz Schulz as Kurt Sivers Leo Connard as Paul's Father
Crew
Max Fassbender — Director of Photography Richard Oswald — Writer Magnus Hirschfeld — Writer Richard Oswald — Producer Emil Linke — Production Design
Synopsis

Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the law that punishes homosexuality).

Mood & Themes
male homosexualitydocudramalgbtpartially lost filmgay theme
Key Collaborators
Richard Oswald Director Max Fassbender Director of Photography Richard Oswald Writer Magnus Hirschfeld Writer Richard Oswald Producer Emil Linke Production Design
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