The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
2000, German. Directed by Rosa von Praunheim.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 40m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Rosa von PraunheimDirector
- Friedel von WangenheimMagnus Hirschfeld (alt)
- Kai SchumannMagnus Hirschfeld (jung)
- Ben BeckerAdolf Brand
- Wolfgang VölzPolizeipräsident
- Otto SanderProfessor Steinach
- Meret BeckerArbeiterin
- Olaf DrauschkeKarl Giese
- Peter EhrlichRichard
- Angelika MannSängerin
- Christa PasemannTante Gesche
- Monika HansenGräfin
- Gerd Lukas StorzerHermann von Teschenberg
Details
- Released
- 16 March 2000
- Original title
- Der Einstein des Sex
- Country
- Germany, Netherlands
- Written by
- Chris Kraus, Valentin Passoni
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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000) was directed by Rosa von Praunheim and stars Friedel von Wangenheim, Kai Schumann, Ben Becker.