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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

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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 byRosa von Praunheim

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Language
DE
Released
March 16, 2000
Studios
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring

Friedel von Wangenheim

Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)

Kai Schumann

Kai Schumann

Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Ben Becker

Ben Becker

Adolf Brand

Wolfgang Völz

Wolfgang Völz

Polizeipräsident

Otto Sander

Otto Sander

Professor Steinach

Meret Becker

Meret Becker

Arbeiterin

Olaf Drauschke

Karl Giese

Peter Ehrlich

Peter Ehrlich

Richard

Angelika Mann

Sängerin

Christa Pasemann

Tante Gesche

Creative team
Directed by
Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim
Written by
Chris Kraus
Valentin Passoni
Produced by
Rosa von Praunheim
Rosa von Praunheim

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