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

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Friedel von Wangenheim
Friedel von Wangenheim

Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)

Kai Schumann
Kai Schumann

Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Ben Becker
Ben Becker

Adolf Brand

Wolfgang Völz
Wolfgang Völz

Polizeipräsident

Otto Sander
Otto Sander

Professor Steinach

Meret Becker
Meret Becker

Arbeiterin

Olaf Drauschke
Olaf Drauschke

Karl Giese

Peter Ehrlich
Peter Ehrlich

Richard

Angelika Mann
Angelika Mann

Sängerin

Christa Pasemann
Christa Pasemann

Tante Gesche

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    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.

  • Release Date

    2000-03-16

  • Average

    5.6

  • Rating:

    2.8 starts
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    Deutsch
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