History Film / DifferentFromTheOthers

* BuryYourGays: Paul Körner is blackmailed, estranged from his lover, rejected by his family, and loses his contract with a concert company before his suicide. Kurt tries to kill himself after returning to find Paul dead, but is stopped by Dr. Hirschfeld. {{Justified|Trope}} in that the whole point of the movie was to argue that the anti-homosexualituly laws were driving gay people to suicide in real life and to push for their abolition for that reason.

* AuthorTract: The film was expressly created to show the suffering inflicted on gay people by Paragraph 175 and its results, and to argue that homosexuality is natural and gay people are as deserving of rights and dignity as anyone else.

* BuryYourGays: Paul Körner is blackmailed, estranged from his lover, rejected by his family, and loses his contract with a concert company before his suicide. Kurt tries to kill himself after returning to find Paul dead, but is stopped by Dr. Hirschfeld.

''Different from the Others'' (or ''Anders als die Andern'' in the original German) is a pioneering German silent film. It was directed by Richard Oswald and written by him and RealLife sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. It was made to protest Paragraph 175, the part of German law that banned homosexuality (but only for men) under the threat of prison time.

* SuicideDare: The letter Paul’s father writes to him essentially says that DeathIsTheOnlyOption. In the end, Paul does kill himself.

* [[spoiler:BuryYourGays: Paul Körner is blackmailed, estranged from his lover, rejected by his family, and loses his contract with a concert company before his suicide. Kurt tries to kill himself after returning to find Paul dead, but is stopped by Dr. Hirschfeld.]]

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Paul Körner, near the end, and narrowly averted with Kurt Sivers.]]
* [[spoiler:DyingAlone: By the time Paul commits suicide, he was estranged from Kurt, his concert company ended their contract, no one on the street will acknowledge him, and his own father implied that suicide was the only honourable thing to do.]]

* {{Gayngst}}: Probably the earliest example in film. None of the named gay characters have it well, but it’s the worst for Paul who eventually [[spoiler: is DrivenToSuicide]].
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: The film ends with Paul’s suicide.]]

* InterruptedSuicide: Dr. Hirschfeld stops Kurt from killing himself after [[spoiler:Paul’s suicide]].

* SuicideDare: The letter Paul’s father writes to him essentially says that DeathIsTheOnlyOption. [[spoiler:In the end, Paul does kill himself.]]

!! ‘’Different from the Others’’ contains examples of:
* Blackmail: Bolleck can report Paul for violating Paragraph 175 and will if he is not paid off.

* Interrupted Suicide: Dr. Hirschfeld stops Kurt from killing himself after [[spoiler:Paul’s suicide]].

ConradVeidt stars as Paul Körner, a gay concert violinist in love with Kurt Sivers, his music student, and blackmailed by Bolleck, a man he met at a gay bar who threatens to reveal him as gay, a crime under Paragraph 175. When he learns of Bolleck’s extortion, Kurt leaves and takes up a job playing violin in pubs. Paul grows increasingly depressed and recalls his first romance as a student, his college days, and other memories. Eventually, Paul decides to take Bolleck to court for blackmail. But, under Paragraph 175, Paul is as guilty as Bolleck. The resulting scandal threatens Paul and others with ruin.

* SuicideDare: The letter Paul’s father writes to him essentially says that DeathIsTheOnlyOption. [[spoiler:In the end, Paul does kill himself.]]

''Different from the Others'' (or ''Anders als die Andern'' in the original German) is a pioneering German silent film. It was directed by Richard Oswald and written by him and RealLife sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. It was made to protest Paragraph 175, the part of German law that banned homosexuality ([[{{Hypocrites}} but only [[GirlOnGirlIsHot for men]]) under the threat of prison time.

* Star-CrossedLovers: Paul and Kurt, because of Paragraph 175.