Different from the Others
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Different from the Others is a pioneering 1919 German silent film, directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, that is one of the earliest cinematic works to portray homosexuality sympathetically and critique anti-gay laws.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Different from the Others canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2326808 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Different from the Others Context triple: [Conrad Veidt, notableWork, Different from the Others]
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A.
Without Equal
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The Other Ones
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To Each His Own
To Each His Own is a 1946 romantic drama film best known for Olivia de Havilland’s Oscar-winning performance as a woman who must give up her illegitimate child and later encounters him as an adult.
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Worlds Apart
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Our Very Own
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- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Different from the Others Target entity description: Different from the Others is a pioneering 1919 German silent film, directed by Richard Oswald and starring Conrad Veidt, that is one of the earliest cinematic works to portray homosexuality sympathetically and critique anti-gay laws.
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A.
Without Equal
"Without Equal" is the English motto expressing the unmatched excellence and elite status of the U.S. Army Special Operations Command.
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B.
The Other Ones
The Other Ones was a post-Grateful Dead rock band formed by surviving members of the Grateful Dead to continue performing the group’s music and related material.
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C.
To Each His Own
To Each His Own is a 1946 romantic drama film best known for Olivia de Havilland’s Oscar-winning performance as a woman who must give up her illegitimate child and later encounters him as an adult.
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D.
Worlds Apart
"Worlds Apart" is a track featured on the Bruce Springsteen album "The Rising," known for its blend of rock and world-music influences.
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E.
Our Very Own
"Our Very Own" is a 1950 American drama film starring Ann Blyth and Jane Wyatt that explores the emotional upheaval of a teenager who discovers she is adopted.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
German film
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LGBT-related film ⓘ film ⓘ silent film ⓘ |
| archivalStatus | partially lost film ⓘ |
| censorshipStatus | partly banned in Germany in the 1920s ⓘ |
| countryOfCensorship | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| critiques | Paragraph 175 of the German Criminal Code ⓘ |
| director | Richard Oswald ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| featuresCameo | Magnus Hirschfeld ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
blackmailer
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homosexual violinist ⓘ supportive sexologist ⓘ |
| filmFormat |
black-and-white
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silent ⓘ |
| genre |
LGBT-related drama film
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drama film ⓘ gay-related film ⓘ silent drama film ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesIn | German ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Weimar-era sexual reform movement ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
early example of queer cinema
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pioneering LGBT-rights film ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being one of the earliest sympathetic portrayals of homosexuality in cinema
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collaboration with sexologist Magnus Hirschfeld ⓘ early critique of anti-homosexuality laws in film ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| portrays |
blackmail
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homophobia ⓘ homosexuality ⓘ legal persecution of homosexuals ⓘ suicide ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Richard-Oswald-Produktion ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1919-05-28 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1919 ⓘ |
| restorationStatus | reconstructed from surviving prints and fragments ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 50 minutes (reconstructed version) ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | Weimar Republic ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Germany ⓘ |
| starred |
Anita Berber
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Conrad Veidt ⓘ Reinhold Schünzel ⓘ |
| theme |
critique of anti-gay laws
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sexual reform ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| writer | Richard Oswald ⓘ |
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