Summary
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).
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 68GoodWatch 69
IMDb7.0
Audience score65%
Running time
1 h 35 min
Shorter than most dramas, −14 min on the typical 109
typical 10995Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1919
May 28, 1919
107 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
German
Original language
Made in
Germany
and 5 more12 people
- Conrad VeidtPaul Körner
- Anita BerberElse Sivers
- Magnus HirschfeldDoctor / Sexologist
- Reinhold SchünzelFranz Bollek
- Fritz SchulzKurt Sivers
- LCLeo ConnardPaul's Father
- IvIlse von Tasso-LindPaul's Mother
- Ernst PittschauPaul's Brother
- Wilhelm DiegelmannKurt's Father
- AWAlexandra WielleghPaul's Sister-in-law
- CPClementine PlessnerKurt's Mother
- Helga MolanderFrau Hellborn
Directing · 1
- Richard Oswald Director, Writer, Producer
Writing · 1
- Magnus Hirschfeld Writer
Camera · 1
- Max Fassbender Director of Photography
Art · 1
- Emil Linke Production Design
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