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).
Movie Info
Release Date: 5/28/1919
Runtime: 51 min
Director: Richard Oswald
Writers: Richard Oswald, Magnus Hirschfeld
Top Cast
Conrad Veidt
Paul Körner
Anita Berber
Else Sivers
Magnus Hirschfeld
Doctor / Sexologist
Reinhold Schünzel
Franz Bollek
Fritz Schulz
Kurt Sivers
Ernst Pittschau
Paul's Brother
Wilhelm Diegelmann
Kurt's Father
Anita Berber
Else, Kurt's Sister
Helga Molander
Frau Hellborn
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