

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).

Conrad Veidt
Paul Körner
Lead
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
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Oswald's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Different from the Others is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”