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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
5.6(15 votes)
2000
1h 40m
DramaHistory
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.
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Production
Companies:
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Languages
Original:de
Spoken:
German
Cast
Friedel von Wangenheim
Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)

Kai Schumann
Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Ben Becker
Adolf Brand

Wolfgang Völz
Polizeipräsident

Otto Sander
Professor Steinach

Meret Becker
Arbeiterin
Olaf Drauschke
Karl Giese

Peter Ehrlich
Richard
Angelika Mann
Sängerin
Christa Pasemann
Tante Gesche

Monika Hansen
Gräfin
Gerd Lukas Storzer
Hermann von Teschenberg