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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).
Keywords
male homosexuality
docudrama
lgbt
partially lost film
gay theme
Casts

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
Crews

Richard Oswald
Director

Magnus Hirschfeld
Writer

Richard Oswald
Writer
Emil Linke
Production Design
Max Fassbender
Director of Photography

Richard Oswald
Producer
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