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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2000, Mar 16
1h 40m
The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German anti-sodomy laws in the late 19th century. The script reveals main characters in Hirschfeld's life including impossible love interest Baron von Teschenberg, and Hirschfeld's aids- young Karl Giese and guardian angel, the transvestite Dorchen, as they establish the First Institute of Sexual Sciences in Berlin in 1920, and follows their struggles to keep it open, up to the rise of the Third Reich in the mid 1930s.
Directed by
Rosa von Praunheim
Written by
Valentin Passoni, Chris Kraus
Kai Schumann
Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)
Meret Becker
Arbeiterin
Gerry Wolff
Onkel von Hirschfeld
Wolfgang Völz
Polizeipräsident
Ben Becker
Adolf Brand
Otto Sander
Professor Steinach
Peter Ehrlich
Richard
Monika Hansen
Gräfin
Friedel von Wangenheim
Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)
Olaf Drauschke
Karl Giese
Angelika Mann
Sängerin
Christa Pasemann
Tante Gesche
Gerd Lukas Storzer
Hermann von Teschenberg
Tima die Göttliche
Dorchen
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