Different From The Others (1919)

Anders als die Andern / Different from the Others (1919)

One of the first gay-themed films in the history of cinema, Anders als die Andern / Different from the Others was banned at the time of its release, later burned by the Nazis and was believed lost for more than forty years.

In 1919, director Richard Oswald and psychologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld created a film intended to expose the unjust Paragraph 175 of the then German Penal Code and help to liberate what they called "the third sex" from legal persecution and public scorn. They originally conceived this film as an exposé of the injustices of Paragraph 175, and to help liberate "the third sex" from legalised persecution and public scorn, but they achieved something more. Perhaps their success in humanising what was to most people a rarely-mentioned "social problem" is what made this film especially threatening to the Nazis.

Using recently discovered film segments, still photos and censorship documents from different archives, Filmmuseum München has resurrected this truly groundbreaking silent film.

Silent movie with piano accompaniment and English intertitles.
Video: Xvid @ 1263 Kbps, 520X400, 25fps
Audio: MP3 @128 Kbps, Joint Stereo