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Status
Released
Release
1919
Runtime
51m
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).
13 Cast Members
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
Anita Berber
Else, Kurt's Sister
Helga Molander
Frau Hellborn
