Different from the Others (1919)

7.1/10 51 min Drama

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).

Cast

Conrad Veidt

Paul Körner

Anita Berber

Else Sivers

Magnus Hirschfeld

Doctor / Sexologist

Reinhold Schünzel

Franz Bollek

Fritz Schulz

Kurt Sivers

Ernst Pittschau

Paul's Brother

Wilhelm Diegelmann

Kurt's Father

Helga Molander

Frau Hellborn

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