Different from the Others (1919)

★ 7.1/10 51 min Drama Germany German

Director: Richard Oswald

Writers: Richard Oswald, Magnus Hirschfeld

Streaming: Not available

Description

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).

Top Cast

Conrad Veidt Paul Körner

Anita Berber Else Sivers

Magnus Hirschfeld Doctor / Sexologist

Reinhold Schünzel Franz Bollek

Fritz Schulz Kurt Sivers

Leo Connard Paul's Father

Ilse von Tasso-Lind Paul's Mother

Ernst Pittschau Paul's Brother