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

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

Drama History
Release Date: 2000, March 16
Directors: Rosa von Praunheim
Countries: Germany, Netherlands
Production: Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
Cast: Otto Sander, Meret Becker, Kai Schumann, Ben Becker, Wolfgang Völz, Harald Glitz, Angelika Mann, Monika Hansen, Peter Ehrlich, Christa Pasemann, Gerry Wolff, Friedel von Wangenheim

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.

Keywords:

lgbt sexual dysfunction