Die andere Liebe (English: The Other Love) is a 1988 East German public education documentary film directed by Axel Otten and Helmut Kißling.
[3] DEFA's only feature film dealing with gay themes, Coming Out, premiered a year later, on 9 November 1989 at the Kino International.
[4][5] The actor Dirk Kummer, who played 'Matthias' in Coming Out, appears in Die andere Liebe being interviewed with his boyfriend.
[6] Die andere Liebe aims to promote understanding and tolerance in the heterosexual community via interviews with gay men and lesbians.
Young gay and lesbian people discuss the process of coming out and the emotional problems they experienced as they learned to accept their sexual identity.