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Feature film — 2000

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)

5.51h 40mDrama — History

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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A high-signal pick with 18 votes.

Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

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Director: Rosa von Praunheim

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Cast & crew

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Friedel von Wangenheim

Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)

Kai Schumann as Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Kai Schumann

Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Ben Becker as Adolf Brand

Ben Becker

Adolf Brand

Wolfgang Völz as Polizeipräsident

Wolfgang Völz

Polizeipräsident

Otto Sander as Professor Steinach

Otto Sander

Professor Steinach

Meret Becker as Arbeiterin

Meret Becker

Arbeiterin

O

Olaf Drauschke

Karl Giese

Peter Ehrlich as Richard

Peter Ehrlich

Richard

A

Angelika Mann

Sängerin

C

Christa Pasemann

Tante Gesche

Monika Hansen as Gräfin

Monika Hansen

Gräfin

G

Gerd Lukas Storzer

Hermann von Teschenberg

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