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

Overview

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

Top cast

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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

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Olaf Drauschke

Karl Giese

Peter Ehrlich

Richard

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Angelika Mann

Sängerin

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Christa Pasemann

Tante Gesche

Monika Hansen

Gräfin

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Gerd Lukas Storzer

Hermann von Teschenberg

Gerry Wolff

Onkel von Hirschfeld

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Tima die Göttliche

Dorchen

Harald Glitz

Hochzeitsgast

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