Different from the Others

Magnus Hirschfeld, a prominent sexologist, co-wrote the screenplay and made a cameo appearance as The Doctor, with whom Paul Korner consults. A scene resembling that of the modern-day LGBT scene existed in Weimar Germany, albeit underground, and the scene at the gay bar featured actual LGBT individuals. The screenwriter and author Anita Loos said of this period, in 1923: "Any Berlin lady of the night might turn out to be a man: the prettiest girl on the street was Conrad Veidt, who later became an international film star." (It was Hirschfeld who coined the term 'transvestism.')

There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA srl, "DIVERSI DAGLI ALTRI: Alle Origini Del Cinema Gay - Special Edition" (4 Films on a single DVD: Mikaël, 1924 + Fireworks, 1947 + Un chant d'amour, 1950 + Anders als die Andern, 1919), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.

Edited into Gesetze der Liebe (1927)