Third Sex (The)
Original Title
Children of Loneliness- Director: Richard C. Kahn
- Writer: Howard Bradford; Radcliffe Hall
- Producer: Richard C. Kahn
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"The Third Sex" (1957) AKA “Bewildered Youth” AKA “He Married an Actress” AKA "Anders Als Du und Ich (§ 175)" AKA "Das Dritte Geschlecht"
What can you possibly say about a film that a) portrays homosexuality as evil and even diabolic and that b) was made by the infamous Veit Harlan, director of nazi-propaganda-films like "Jud Süß" and "Kolberg"?
Well, it's surprisingly quite entertaining, despite (or because of) its reactionary message, bizarre plot, melodramatic twists, great villains, and a fantastic score featuring musique concrete by Oskar Sala.
This is true document of German "Spießertum"
This version is the lost, dubbed American theatrical release, which omits the director's name from the credits and which despite being cut is actually more sympathetic to homosexuality than the original German version or its later re-cut (and recently restored) German re-release, which saw the older homosexual arrested and the mother given a suspended rather than a prison sentence!
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Cast & Characters
Dr. S. Dana Hubbard as Himself;
Morgan Wallace as Paul Van Dyne;
Luana Walters as Elinor Gordon;
Jean Carmen as Bobby Allen;
Sheila Loren as Judith Grant;
Allan Jarvis as Dave Warren;
Wayne Lamont as Dr. Lafarge;
John Elliott as John Grant