Still image from the film Different from the Others (Anders als die Andern)

Title: Still image from the film Different from the Others (Anders als die Andern)
Type: Film
Creator: Richard Oswald (writer and director)
Magnus Hirschfeld (writer)
Max Fassbender (cinematographer)
Date: 1919
Description: This 1919 silent film is thought to be one of the first sympathetic portrayals of homosexuality on screen. Telling the story of a gay musician and his boyfriend who are blackmailed by a acquaintance, it was made to protest German laws that criminalized homosexual relations between men.
Format: Film
Place: Germany
Publisher: Richard Oswald-Film Berlin