Different from the Others (1919)
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).
- Released
- 1919-05-28
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Richard Oswald
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 from 57 votes
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
- Ilse von Tasso-Lind as Paul's Mother
- Ernst Pittschau as Paul's Brother
- Wilhelm Diegelmann as Kurt's Father
- Alexandra Wiellegh as Paul's Sister-in-law
- Clementine Plessner as Kurt's Mother
- Helga Molander as Frau Hellborn