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LGBTQ* Film (History) You Should Know

Different From The Others (Anders Als Die Andern) —1919—
 

Arzt: Respected ladies and gentlemen take heed. The time will come when such tragedies will be no more. For knowledge will conquer prejudice, truth will conquer lies, and love will triumph over hatred. 

* Partially funded by the Institute for Sex Research and Dr. Magnus Hirshfeld  

— He makes cameo in film

* One of the first explicitly gay films

* Follows a violin teacher who falls in love with one of his students

* Through a series of flashbacks, the audience follows Paul Körner  as he becomes aware of his sexual preference and methods he takes in which to suppress it over time

* One strong scene in the film follows Körner as he is reading the obituaries which are filled with suicides though Körner knows many of the deaths are of gay men in the throws of Paragraph 175
 

* Blackmail, secrets, and desire fall to politics, fear and society as the movie continues

* Attraction and relationships are shared through glances and lingering looks

* Different from the Others, didn’t encounter censorship but still used restraint when filming


(for more information check IMDB or Cinema Queer)

(via theloudestvoice)