A summary of the canon: Paul is a famous violinist. He's also gay. In 1910s Germany. It's illegal. He and Kurt (a fan who becomes his student) fall in love, Paul is blackmailed by a Franz Bollek and, when he finally presses charges against Bollek, his secret comes out anyway. He dies. One of the first positive portrayals of gay men, even if it ends in tragedy. Co-produced by Magnus Hirschfeld (no joke). Paul is played by my beloved (queer) man, Conrad Veidt.
What do you love about this ship/these ships?: Nothing explicit is ever shown, but the way Paul and Kurt look at one another, how relaxed they are with each other, letting their guards down in a world that doesn't understand them (and does not care to). Paul conceals all the blackmailing because he's afraid he might get roped in, and Kurt still doesn't know how dangerous it is for them. And yeah, it's tragic. Angst ahoy. It's still ballsy, for 1919. Also Kurt definitely had a crush on Paul since waaay before they met proper and I love that.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Probably angst, but I need to see them happy too, dammit!
Content warnings: Period-typical homophobia, suicide, teacher/student relationship (both are adults). Also it's a 1919 film; while progressive, there's quite some stuff there that we since moved on from.
Where To Find It: It's on YouTube and the Internet Archive. Simply searching Anders als die Andern will get you there :D
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Date: 2024-04-21 04:51 pm (UTC)Ships: Kurt Sivers/Paul Körner
Media: Film (silent, partially reconstructed)
A summary of the canon: Paul is a famous violinist. He's also gay. In 1910s Germany. It's illegal.
He and Kurt (a fan who becomes his student) fall in love, Paul is blackmailed by a Franz Bollek and, when he finally presses charges against Bollek, his secret comes out anyway. He dies.
One of the first positive portrayals of gay men, even if it ends in tragedy. Co-produced by Magnus Hirschfeld (no joke). Paul is played by my beloved (queer) man, Conrad Veidt.
What do you love about this ship/these ships?: Nothing explicit is ever shown, but the way Paul and Kurt look at one another, how relaxed they are with each other, letting their guards down in a world that doesn't understand them (and does not care to). Paul conceals all the blackmailing because he's afraid he might get roped in, and Kurt still doesn't know how dangerous it is for them. And yeah, it's tragic. Angst ahoy.
It's still ballsy, for 1919.
Also Kurt definitely had a crush on Paul since waaay before they met proper and I love that.
What sort of things are you likely to request for it?: Probably angst, but I need to see them happy too, dammit!
Content warnings: Period-typical homophobia, suicide, teacher/student relationship (both are adults).
Also it's a 1919 film; while progressive, there's quite some stuff there that we since moved on from.
Where To Find It: It's on YouTube and the Internet Archive. Simply searching Anders als die Andern will get you there :D