Different from the Others

Different from the Others (1919)

28/05/1919
Drama
51m

Overview

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).

  • Richard OswaldDirector, Writer
  • Magnus HirschfeldWriter
  • Original Title

    Anders als die Andern

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    German

Keywords

  • male homosexuality
  • docudrama
  • lgbt
  • partially lost film
  • gay theme

Top Billed Cast

Conrad Veidt

Conrad Veidt

Paul Körner

Anita Berber

Anita Berber

Else Sivers

Magnus Hirschfeld

Magnus Hirschfeld

Doctor / Sexologist

Reinhold Schünzel

Reinhold Schünzel

Franz Bollek

Fritz Schulz

Fritz Schulz

Kurt Sivers

Leo Connard

Paul's Father

Ilse von Tasso-Lind

Paul's Mother

Ernst Pittschau

Ernst Pittschau

Paul's Brother

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Kurt's Father

Alexandra Wiellegh

Paul's Sister-in-law

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