Paul & Kurt - Different From The Others (Gay Themed, Silent Film)

This Music Video is dedicated to the lovely and sweet Jávier aka Jaybrucken , A Silen Film Lover . *hugs* =)

Warning:This music video is based on the German film Different From The Others , is focused on the beautiful relationship of Paul & Kurt , It contain M/M love scenes , meaning is homoerotic , gay , yaoi etc... you get the idea , if If this isn't your cup of tea , Please don't watch it!
Music :Méditation de Thaïs Interpret By: Joshua Bell.

Some info regarding the movie:

it is the first film to depict homosexual activity in a positive light, and it discusses the issue in a very frank and straight forward fashion. The movie is a rally against Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code which made homosexuality between men against the law.

This film has an interesting history behind it. Paragraph 175 had been a source of contention for a number of years. Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German sexologist and scholar, thought that homosexuals were actually a third sex, and they were just acting on their nature. During WWI, Hirschfeld teamed up with director Richard Oswald to produce a series of films on sexual education. They filmed stories on prostitution, VD and the like. After the war the censor restrictions were lifted in German and Hirschfeld saw his chance. He and Oswald made Different from the Others, part educational and part political, their film was very controversial when it was released. It was banned in 1920, and all copies were burned by Nazis. Today the film only exists in an incomplete form discovered in a film archive in Russia.

The film stars Conrad Veidt (Cesare from The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) as a virtuoso violinist, Paul Körner. He takes on a handsome young student, Kurt (Fritz Schulz,) and the two soon fall in love. Unfortunately, Paul is being blackmailed by Franz Bollek (Reinhold Schünzel) a shifty crook who has found out that Paul is a homosexual. Hes bleeding Paul for all hes worth, and though Körner could have Franz arrested for blackmail, he would be arrested too for violating Paragraph 175. Why, the film asks, should someone, an artist no less, be condemned for just loving someone?

Don't claim to own any of the material used to make this music video.
*Just Having Fun*
Hope you enjoy it! =)

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[Adecirmeque]

Muy hermoso!

[drewsarichfangirl]

@Adecirmeque

Muchas gracias!!! :)

[frederick909]

Wow,thank you so much for this.I love it but it's also so incredibly sad...

[drewsarichfangirl]

@frederick909

Unfortunetly .....It's .

[etresanchez]

I'm lesbian and I found this video very interesting. Thanks for sharing it. Regards.

[drewsarichfangirl]

@etresanchez

Thank you , Im glad you found it interesting :)

[JuleVarjak]

This is so beautiful! Conrad Veidt is the love of my life. (says the 20year old silent movie nut...)

Thanks for sharing!

[vinniram]

calling this 'ahead of its time' is the understatement of the millennium! Looking at the absolute hatred against homosexuality both before this movie was made, as well as after (especially the Third Reich era), that such a forward-thinking movie was made is incredible and a testament to the power of hope.

[KoshoPollo]

i feel sad now :(

[injamaven]

veidt was sooooo thin.

[drewsarichfangirl]

@asian9090

It's available on amazon and probably on torrent too  :)