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 law that punishes homosexuality).

Top Cast

Conrad VeidtPaul Körner

Anita BerberElse Sivers

Magnus HirschfeldDoctor / Sexologist

Reinhold SchünzelFranz Bollek

Fritz SchulzKurt Sivers

Leo ConnardPaul's Father

Ilse von Tasso-LindPaul's Mother

Ernst PittschauPaul's Brother