--- product_id: 15052215 title: "Different from the Others" price: "1476 kr" currency: DKK in_stock: true reviews_count: 12 url: https://www.desertcart.dk/products/15052215-different-from-the-others store_origin: DK region: Denmark --- # Different from the Others **Price:** 1476 kr **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Different from the Others - **How much does it cost?** 1476 kr with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.dk](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/15052215-different-from-the-others) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description One of the first gay-themed films in the history of cinema, Different from the Others was banned at the time of it's release, later burned by the Nazis and was believed lost for more than forty years. Using recently discovered film segments, still photos and censorship documents from different archives, Filmmuseum Muenchen has resurrected this truly groundbreaking silent film for DVD. Enacted in 1871, the German penal code's Paragraph 175 sentenced thousands of accused German homosexual men to jail terms for "unnatural vice between men." in 1919, director Richard Oswald (Tales of the Uncanny) and psychologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld created a film intended to expose the unjust Paragraph 175 and help liberate the "third sex" from legal persecution and public scorn. Different from the Others casts Conrad Veidt (Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) as Paul Korner, a gay concert pianist blackmailed by a closeted low-life named Bollek. When Korner's budding romance with a handsome young music student runs afoul of Bollek's extortion, Korner goes to the German courts for protection. But the draconian Paragraph 175 makes criminals out of both accuser and accused, and the love Korner has found may cost him his career, his freedom or his life. Conrad Veidt's uncompromising performance (the same year as his legendary portrayal of Cesar the somnambulist in Caligari) places a human face on Hirschfeld's reformist fervor and Oswald's tragic melodrama. In it's frank depiction of gay bars, closeted homosexuality, and the suffocating expectations of straight society, Different from the Others is both a fascinating time capsule and a remarkably modern cinematic plea for tolerance and change. Review: A fantastic piece of history - A fantastic film that we are lucky has not completely perished. This film is both of historical importance for the Silent Era as well as one of the very first LGBT subject matter on celluloid. Review: Very good reconstruction of a banned, nearly-lost film - I was very impressed by this 1919 silent film challenging the German law of the time that condemned homosexuals to 5 years imprisonment. Apart from the fine casting of Conrad Veidt in the lead and good picture quality, this film goes out of its way to show how unfair and harsh "paragraph 175" of the law was, leading to many cases of blackmail of homosexuals and suicide by homosexual victims of such blackmail and social outcasting. It pleads with the audience to crush and delete paragraph 175 from the lawcode, and the tragic story of Paul Koerner (Veidt)makes quite an emotional impact. All this, despite the fact that a large portion of the film is missing, but with good summaries in the intertitles of the missing action in between footage of film of various lengths, it doesn't feel like so much is missing. There is enough film to tell the main parts of the story, including the documentary-type lecture of a Sexologist who enlightens his audience, that the overall feeling is merely of a condensed version. And this condensed version really gets its message across impressively, ending with the theme that through knowledge or better understanding of homosexuality, fairer justice for all can be achieved. A great statement film for its time, and it's great to have it restored even in this condensed (50 minutes) version. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Customer Reviews | 4.1 out of 5 stars 36 Reviews | ## Images ![Different from the Others - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41MP99sq8VL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A fantastic piece of history *by I***K on November 26, 2016* A fantastic film that we are lucky has not completely perished. This film is both of historical importance for the Silent Era as well as one of the very first LGBT subject matter on celluloid. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Very good reconstruction of a banned, nearly-lost film *by B***D on December 29, 2004* I was very impressed by this 1919 silent film challenging the German law of the time that condemned homosexuals to 5 years imprisonment. Apart from the fine casting of Conrad Veidt in the lead and good picture quality, this film goes out of its way to show how unfair and harsh "paragraph 175" of the law was, leading to many cases of blackmail of homosexuals and suicide by homosexual victims of such blackmail and social outcasting. It pleads with the audience to crush and delete paragraph 175 from the lawcode, and the tragic story of Paul Koerner (Veidt)makes quite an emotional impact. All this, despite the fact that a large portion of the film is missing, but with good summaries in the intertitles of the missing action in between footage of film of various lengths, it doesn't feel like so much is missing. There is enough film to tell the main parts of the story, including the documentary-type lecture of a Sexologist who enlightens his audience, that the overall feeling is merely of a condensed version. And this condensed version really gets its message across impressively, ending with the theme that through knowledge or better understanding of homosexuality, fairer justice for all can be achieved. A great statement film for its time, and it's great to have it restored even in this condensed (50 minutes) version. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Incredible Document of an important Human Rights Issue *by N***X on August 5, 2009* This movie is an incredible document, eventhough it is truncated and reconstructed from stills and with the help of lengthy labels it ends up more as a documentary than a film drama. However, what is left is good enough, largely through the superb acting of Conrad Veidt to make it all worth it. The issue at hand was the blackmailing of a famous violinist and how he was forced to ransom his reputation that way to survive, at a time when he would have been jailed for being homosexual. When he can no longer afford the blackmailer he confronts him, there is a trial and he succeeds in having him punished, but his own punishment for BEING a homosexual, a law that was not fully repealed until 1994 in Germany, condemns him to jail. The scenes are very realistic, and we see the gay violinist as a person and not some comical figure or freak, it is a most enlightening film in its effort to point to the severe injustices of the time. It includes the obligatory visit to the hypnotist, the 'doctor' that can 'make things right' and correct homosexual into herterosexual, which is of course, not possible. At that time, and most unfortunately almost a full century later, in some 'traditional' environments of today, it was assumed that homosexuals were 'made' not born, and that men arrived at their condition by being 'corrupted' by others into a 'vice'. This line of thinking maliciously, because it underlines that there is a choice, assumed that if these men wanted to be 'good' they could stop, prevent or just not indulge in this 'vice' which nevertheless happened to be the natural way that they were born. It is actually unbelievable that people could have at any time believed that they could want to choose voluntarily to either be or act in any way that would automatically reduce them to secondary social status, if not endanger their very lives for any other reason than an imperative from nature. How could anyone possibly 'choose' to be discriminated and downtrodden at best or attacked, humilated, jailed or killed? This idiotic notion of homosexuality as 'sin or vice' has an old pedigree and can be traced through police records to at least the 17th Century, but it probably dates from the time that Christian culture managed to gain control of the European cultural-political landscape after the demise of Paganism. By deciding to divorce all humans from their sexual identity and homosexuals in particular as their sexuality could not have the 'excuse' of procreation, the official view of society identified it as 'sin'. A behavior that was punishable by death from the Middle Ages onwards till lthe dawn of modern society, was certainly a strong motivation to keep it 'in the closet' but of course, like all things in nature that have real existence and therefore constantly renew themselves through new generations, it could neither 'go away' like a plague or disappear like an extinct species . This film is a brave attempt at correcting the brutality of the law. At that time there were other movies made in Germany with gay themes which I would also recommend, "Michael" by C.T. Dreyer which is a great film and "Sex in Chains" by William Dieterle. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.dk/products/15052215-different-from-the-others](https://www.desertcart.dk/products/15052215-different-from-the-others) --- *Product available on Desertcart Denmark* *Store origin: DK* *Last updated: 2026-05-17*