Paragraph 175 (2000)
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- 1h 21min
- Documentary, History
- 14 Nov 2001 (France)
- Movie
Historian Klaus Müller interviews survivors of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals because of the German Penal Code of 1871, Paragraph 175.
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- 9 wins & 7 nominations.
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Cast
| Rupert Everett | ... |
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Klaus Müller | ... |
Self - Historian
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Karl Gorath | ... |
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Pierre Seel | ... |
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Heinz F. | ... |
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Annette Eick | ... |
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| Magnus Hirschfeld | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Albrecht Becker | ... |
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Gad Beck | ... |
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Heinz Dörmer | ... |
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| Adolf Hitler | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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| Ernst Röhm | ... |
Self (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Rob Epstein | ||
| Jeffrey Friedman | ||
Written by
| Sharon Wood | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Janet Cole | ... | producer |
| Michael Ehrenzweig | ... | producer |
| Rob Epstein | ... | producer |
| Jeffrey Friedman | ... | producer |
| John Hoffman | ... | producer: Home Box Office |
| Klaus Müller | ... | associate producer |
| Sheila Nevins | ... | executive producer: Home Box Office |
| Howard Rosenman | ... | co-producer |
Music by
| Tibor Szemzö | ||
Cinematography by
| Bernd Meiners | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
| Dawn Logsdon | ||
Editorial Department
| Gary Coates | ... | color timer / colorist: post-production services, Western Images |
| Sari Gilman | ... | second editor |
| Jacquie Lawrence | ... | commissioning editor: Channel Four Television |
| Salome Milstead | ... | assistant editor |
| Mark Sorensen | ... | editor: post-production services, Western Images |
Production Management
| Michael Ehrenzweig | ... | production supervisor |
| Elena Figarola | ... | production manager: Europe (as Ilena Figarola) |
| Sari Gilman | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Volker Heise | ... | production manager: Europe |
| Joe Hoffman | ... | post-production supervisor |
| Jules Hussey | ... | production manager: Europe |
| Gabriela Seidel | ... | production manager: Europe (as Gabriele Seidel) |
| Mark Sorensen | ... | post-production supervisor |
Sound Department
| Pascal Capitolin | ... | sound recordist |
| Lora Hirschberg | ... | re-recording mixer |
| Al Nelson | ... | sound designer |
| Jurgen Scharpf | ... | re-recording mixer (as Jürgen Scharpf) |
| Lora Hirschberg | ... | sound editor (uncredited) |
| Al Nelson | ... | supervising sound editor (uncredited) |
| Colin O'Neill | ... | digital audio technician (uncredited) |
| Steve Romanko | ... | re-recordist (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Roberto Acordi | ... | travel arrangements |
| Richard Alderman | ... | translator |
| Christy Applegate | ... | intern |
| Tassilo Aschauer | ... | production and research asssitant: Europe |
| Paul Brennan | ... | legal services |
| Carlos Cabrales | ... | producer: graphics and titles |
| Bill Norfleet Craft | ... | intern |
| Kate Davidson | ... | intern |
| Michael A. Dively | ... | funding provided by |
| Robert D. Dockendorff | ... | funding provided by |
| Terri Fredlund | ... | intern: translator |
| Melanie Parson Gao | ... | translator |
| Pari Garvanos | ... | assistant to producer |
| Jacolyn Harmer | ... | translator |
| Esmond V. Harmsworth | ... | funding provided by |
| Gerrit Hermans | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Albrecht Hoffman | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Joe Hoffman | ... | producer: graphics and titles |
| Joshua H. Johnson | ... | producer: graphics and titles |
| Fatime Kahveci | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Nancy L. Kittle | ... | funding provided by |
| Thomas Kufus | ... | production services: Zero films, Berlin |
| Arthur Laurents | ... | funding provided by |
| Rachel Lipsits | ... | intern |
| Torsten Löhn | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Daniel McCarthy | ... | intern |
| Madeline S. McEneney | ... | production associate |
| Marianne McEvoy | ... | translator |
| Barry McKay | ... | intern |
| Norbert Mentrop | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Hillel Meyer | ... | translator |
| Greta Miskatel | ... | translator |
| Lars Morgenroth | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Klaus Müller | ... | research director |
| Devra Noily | ... | translator |
| Sönke Ohlen | ... | production crew: Europe |
| Annette Perry | ... | accountant |
| Matthew Riutta | ... | intern (as Matt Riutta) |
| Jan Rofekamp | ... | world sales: Films Transit International |
| Whitney Saik | ... | assistant: Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman |
| Inbar Sarig | ... | translator |
| Verena Sixt | ... | translator |
| David Abravanel Stein | ... | archival material |
| Amelia Stephenson | ... | intern |
| Frank A. Suchomel Jr. | ... | funding provided by |
| Michael John Suchomel | ... | funding provided by |
| Joerg Taszman | ... | translator (as Jörg Taszman) |
| R.D. Tong | ... | accountant |
| Jason Topolski | ... | intern |
| Emmanuelle Vuillequez | ... | production crew: Europe |
| November Wanderin | ... | intern / translator |
| Vanessa Warheit | ... | intern |
| Johannes Weidinger | ... | funding provided by |
| Regina Wosnitza | ... | translator |
Thanks
| Donald Bird | ... | special thanks |
| Ellen Bruno | ... | special thanks |
| Paul Camarillo | ... | special thanks |
| Susan Clark | ... | special thanks |
| Cappy Coates | ... | special thanks |
| Julie Dorf | ... | special thanks |
| Ellis Driessen | ... | special thanks |
| Diana Elbaum | ... | special thanks (as Dianna Elbaum) |
| Michael Engel | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Epstein | ... | special thanks |
| Vincent Escareno | ... | special thanks |
| Raye Farr | ... | special thanks |
| Connie Field | ... | special thanks |
| Michael Mitch Fricke | ... | special thanks (as Michael Fricke) |
| Eric Friedman | ... | special thanks |
| Richard Gordon | ... | special thanks |
| Leigh B. Grode | ... | special thanks (as Leigh Grode) |
| John Haptas | ... | special thanks (as John Haptos) |
| Paul Herman | ... | special thanks |
| Deborah Hoffmann | ... | special thanks |
| Jeff Iorillo | ... | special thanks |
| Deborah Kaufman | ... | special thanks |
| Ayse Kenmore | ... | special thanks |
| Hubert Kennedy | ... | special thanks |
| Gerard Koskovich | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Leno | ... | special thanks |
| Matthew Lesar | ... | special thanks |
| James Lichti | ... | special thanks (as Jim Lichti) |
| Michael Lumpkin | ... | special thanks |
| Sue Marcoux | ... | special thanks |
| David Mixner | ... | special thanks |
| Jennifer Morris | ... | special thanks |
| Sharon Mueller | ... | special thanks |
| Jenni Olson | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Page | ... | special thanks |
| Lucy Massie Phenix | ... | special thanks |
| Janis Plotkin | ... | special thanks |
| Mark Pogachefsky | ... | special thanks |
| Frances Reid | ... | special thanks |
| Jan Rofekamp | ... | special thanks (as Jan Röfekamp) |
| Kristine Samuelson | ... | special thanks (as Kris Samuelson) |
| Ellen Schneider | ... | special thanks |
| Ken Schneider | ... | special thanks |
| Veronica Selver | ... | special thanks |
| David Shepard | ... | special thanks |
| Gail Silva | ... | special thanks |
| Chris Simms | ... | special thanks |
| Alan Snitow | ... | special thanks |
| Wieland Speck | ... | thanks |
| Jim Steakley | ... | special thanks |
| Peter L. Stein | ... | special thanks (as Peter Stein) |
| Jamie Stobie | ... | special thanks |
| Leslie Switt | ... | special thanks |
| Margaret Teskey | ... | special thanks |
| Jack Walsh | ... | special thanks |
| John Wright | ... | special thanks |
| David Young | ... | special thanks |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Milestone Film & Video (2018) (World-wide)
- Filmcoopi (2000) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- ASC Distribution (France)
- Films Transit International
- New Yorker Films (2000) (United States)
- The Criterion Channel (2021) (United States) (tv) (digital)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Andrew Tobias Fund (funding provided by)
- Anonymous Fund of the Vanguard Public Foundation (funding provided by)
- Antiquariat Vrouwendruk (archival sources)
- Barnes Family Fund of the Tides Foundation (funding provided by)
- Bildarchiv Preußischer Kulturbesitz (archival sources)
- Brandenburgisches Landeshauptarchiv (archival sources)
- Chronos-Film (archival sources)
- Collection Christian Bouqueret (archival sources)
- Collection Günther Grau (archival sources)
- Collection Paul Snyders (archival sources)
- Collection Rainer Hoffschildt (archival sources)
- Columbia Foundation (funding provided by)
- Corbis (archival sources)
- Deutsche Wochenschau (archival sources)
- Edition Liteuropa (archival sources)
- Equidex Inc. (funding provided by)
- Film Preservation Associates (special thanks)
- Film Transit (special thanks)
- Frameline Productions (special thanks)
- Frauenforschungs-, Bildungs- und Informationzentrum Berlin (archival sources)
- Grinberg Worldwide Images (archival sources)
- Hugh M. Hefner Foundation (funding provided by)
- Internation Gay & Lesbian Human Rights Commission (special thanks)
- International Film Financing Conference (special thanks)
- International Historic Films (IHF) (archival sources)
- Jeanne Mammen Gesellschaft e.V. Berlin (archival sources)
- Joyce Mertz-Gilmore Foundation (funding provided by)
- Landeslichtbildstelle Berlin (archival sources)
- Magnus Hirschfeld Gesellschaft (archival sources)
- Mel Gordon Archive (archival sources)
- Nathan Cummings Foundation (funding provided by)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) (archival sources)
- National Center for Jewish Film (NCJF) (archival sources)
- Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie (archival sources)
- New York Times Company (archival sources)
- Niedersächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (archival sources)
- Nordrhein-Westfälisches Hauptstaatsarchiv (archival sources)
- Pantswowe Muzeum Oswiecim Brzezinska (archival sources)
- Primavera Fund of the Tides Foundation (funding provided by)
- R. Gwin Follis Foundation (funding provided by)
- Richard & Rhoda Goldman Foundation (funding provided by)
- San Francisco Jewish Film Festival (special thanks)
- Schwules Museum, Berlin (archival sources)
- Skywalker Sound (post production sound services)
- Spiegel TV (archival sources)
- Staatsarchiv Würzburg (archival sources)
- Stiftung Brandenburgische Gedenkstätten (archival sources)
- Stiftung Neues Synagogue Berlin - Centrum Judaicum (archival sources)
- Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation (special thanks)
- The Collingwood Foundation Open Society Institute (funding provided by)
- The Manchester Guardian (archival sources)
- Tong & Fong (accounting)
- Transit Film (archival sources)
- Ullstein Bilderdienst (archival sources)
- Ullstein Verlag (archival sources)
- United Press International (UPI) (archival sources)
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (special thanks)
- Universal City Studios (clip courtesy of: Morocco)
- University of Colorado Film Studies Program (special thanks)
- Virgin Atlantic Airways (travel services)
- Wen/Oliveri (title design)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Historian Klaus Müller examines the Nazis' use of Paragraph 175 (established in 1871) of the German penal code to persecute most specifically German homosexual men immediately before, during, and immediately after World War II. While upwards of one hundred thousand gay men were imprisoned or sent to concentration camps during this period, only a few thousand survived their incarceration, with only ten known still to be alive at the time of the making of this film. Some of those ten plus other homosexuals who lived through the era speak, some for the first time in a public venue in it still being such a painful memory, about what they endured in this era. Written by Huggo |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | The statute of Paragraph 175 was amended several times. The Nazis broadened the law in 1935 and increased its prosecutions by an order of magnitude; thousands died in concentration camps, regardless of guilt or innocence. East Germany reverted to the old version of the law in 1950, limited its scope to sex with youths under 18 in 1968, and abolished it entirely in 1988. West Germany retained the Nazi-era statute until 1969, when it was limited to "qualified cases"; it was further attenuated in 1973 and finally revoked entirely in 1994 after German reunification. See more » |
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Annette Eick:
I think in all of Berlin you were free, you could do what you wanted. We had three very well known clubs. One was in the north where proletarian girls came. Usually in their Sunday best costume, their smoking costume. I was a bit scarred, I must say. If you have never seen boyish and masculine lesbians and such a heap of them. I was surprised I had to get used to it. And funnily enough, I saw one woman which looked a little bit like Marlene Dietrich. I don't know. Anyway, I wanted to get to know her; but, she didn't care for me, of course. I was a silly little girl. But, she is the one I saw occasionally later on who saved my life. Because, she was the one who sent me this permit. She went to England before. See more » |