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

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Calorie Rating: 141
Released: 2000-03-16
Running Time: 100 Minutes
Studios: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion,


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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Cast

Friedel von Wangenheim
Character: Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)
Kai Schumann
Character: Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)
Ben Becker
Character: Adolf Brand

Wolfgang Völz
Character: Polizeipräsident
Otto Sander
Character: Professor Steinach
Meret Becker
Character: Arbeiterin

Olaf Drauschke
Character: Karl Giese
Peter Ehrlich
Character: Richard
Angelika Mann
Character: Sängerin

Christa Pasemann
Character: Tante Gesche
Monika Hansen
Character: Gräfin
Gerd Lukas Storzer
Character: Hermann von Teschenberg

Gerry Wolff
Character: Onkel von Hirschfeld
Tima die Göttliche
Character: Dorchen


Production and Crew


Elfi Mikesch
Director of Photography
Karl-Ernst Sasse
Original Music Composer