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

Name: The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2000-03-16T
Duration: 100 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Friedel von Wangenheim, Kai Schumann, Ben Becker, Wolfgang Völz, Otto Sander

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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.

Actor: Friedel von Wangenheim, Kai Schumann, Ben Becker, Wolfgang Völz, Otto Sander, Meret Becker, Olaf Drauschke, Peter Ehrlich, Angelika Mann, Christa Pasemann

Director: Rosa von Praunheim

Years: 2000

Country: Germany, Netherlands

Quality: HD

Production: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion

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

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