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.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Different from the Others canonical | 1 |
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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