The Einstein of Sex
1999 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany
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
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Friedel von Wangenheim · Ben Becker · Wolfgang Völz · Otto Sander · Meret Becker · Monika Hansen · Gerd Lukas Storzer · Olaf Drauschke · Gerry Wolff · Christa Pasemann · Peter Ehrlich · Andreas Niederau-Kaiser · Angelika Mann · Sven Gerhardt · Kai Schumann
Soundtrack Karl-Ernst Sasse
Screenplay Chris Kraus · Valentin Passoni · Rosa von Praunheim · Friedel von Wangenheim
Cinematography Elfi Mikesch
Original title Der Einstein des Sex
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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