Movie

Different from the Others

Released: May 28, 1919 (1919)

Runtime: 51 minutes

Genres: Drama

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).

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

Clementine Plessner as Kurt's Mother
Age at release: 63
Leo Connard as Paul's Father
Age at release: 58
Wilhelm Diegelmann as Kurt's Father
Age at release: 57
Ernst Pittschau as Paul's Brother
Age at release: 35
Reinhold Schünzel as Franz Bollek
Age at release: 30
Conrad Veidt as Paul Körner
Age at release: 26
Fritz Schulz as Kurt Sivers
Age at release: 23
Anita Berber as Else Sivers
Age at release: 19
Ilse von Tasso-Lind as Paul's Mother
Age at release: Unknown
Alexandra Wiellegh as Paul's Sister-in-law
Age at release: Unknown

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Helga Molander as Frau Hellborn
Age at release: 26
Anita Berber as Else, Kurt's Sister
Age at release: 19