Overview
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).
Top Cast
Conrad Veidt
Paul Körner
Anita Berber
Else Sivers
Magnus Hirschfeld
Doctor / Sexologist
Reinhold Schünzel
Franz Bollek
Fritz Schulz
Kurt Sivers
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Leo Connard
Paul's Father
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Ilse von Tasso-Lind
Paul's Mother
Ernst Pittschau
Paul's Brother
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Release Date
May 28, 1919
Runtime
0h 51m
Genres
Drama
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