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

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.

Top Cast

  • 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

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.

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