
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.
Release Date: 2000-03-16
Drama
History
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Casts

Kai Schumann
as Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Ben Becker
as Adolf Brand

Wolfgang Völz
as Polizeipräsident

Otto Sander
as Professor Steinach

Meret Becker
as Arbeiterin

Peter Ehrlich
as Richard

Monika Hansen
as Gräfin

Gerry Wolff
as Onkel von Hirschfeld