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

ALL 03/16/2000 (de) Drama, History 100 Min
  • Release
    03/16/2000
  • Production
    Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
  • Rotten tomato
    56%
  • Original title
    Der Einstein des Sex
  • Original language
    de
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

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.

  1. Story

  2. Mike Shephard

    Editor



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  1. Friedel von Wangenheim

    Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)

  2. Kai Schumann

    Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

  3. Ben Becker

    Adolf Brand

  4. Wolfgang Völz

    Polizeipräsident

  5. Otto Sander

    Professor Steinach

  6. Meret Becker

    Arbeiterin

  7. Olaf Drauschke

    Karl Giese

  8. Peter Ehrlich

    Richard

  9. Angelika Mann

    Sängerin

  10. Christa Pasemann

    Tante Gesche

  11. Monika Hansen

    Gräfin

  12. Gerd Lukas Storzer

    Hermann von Teschenberg

  13. Gerry Wolff

    Onkel von Hirschfeld

  14. Tima die Göttliche

    Dorchen

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 14 , Crews : 7

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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000) 100 Min

ALL 03/16/2000 (de)
Drama, History
  • Release 03/16/2000
  • Production
    Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
  • Original title Der Einstein des Sex
  • de
  • Revenue0.00

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.

  1. Rosa von Praunheim

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Mike Shephard

    Editor

  4. Rosa von Praunheim

    Producer