Paragraph 175

Film · 2000 TMDB 6.7 44 votes

During the Nazi regime, there was widespread persecution of homosexual men, which started in 1871 with the Paragraph 175 of the German Penal Code. Thousands were murdered in concentration camps. This powerful and disturbing documentary, narrated by Rupert Everett, presents for the first time the largely untold testimonies of some of those who survived.

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Rob Epstein Jeffrey Friedman

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Channel Four Films Telling Pictures Zero Film

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Rupert EverettNarrator (voice)H Heinz DörmerSelf A Annette EickSelf A Albrecht BeckerSelf G Gad BeckSelf P Pierre SeelSelf H Heinz F.Self K Klaus MüllerSelf K Karl GorathSelf

Magnus HirschfeldSelf (archive footage)

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Release date 2000-01-22

Countries Germany · United Kingdom · United States of America

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