Conrad Veidt plays a famous musician who is blackmailed for being gay. Eventually he stands trial and is convicted. At the end the film pleads for the abolition of §175 (the paragraph which punishes homosexuality).
Released: May 28, 1919
Runtime: 51 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Conrad Veidt, Anita Berber, Magnus Hirschfeld, Reinhold Schünzel, Fritz Schulz, Leo Connard
Crew: Richard Oswald (Director), Richard Oswald (Writer), Magnus Hirschfeld (Writer), Max Fassbender (Director of Photography), Richard Oswald (Producer), Emil Linke (Production Design)