Different from the Others

Anders als die Andern

1919·51'

Richard Oswald

Drama

DE - German

Letterboxd TMDB #44441

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

Leo Connard Paul's Father

Ilse von Tasso-Lind Paul's Mother Ernst Pittschau Paul's Brother Wilhelm Diegelmann Kurt's Father

Alexandra Wiellegh Paul's Sister-in-law

Clementine Plessner Kurt's Mother Helga Molander Frau Hellborn