

Der Einstein des Sex
March 16, 2000
1h 40m
DE
Rosa von Praunheim
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.

Friedel von Wangenheim
Magnus Hirschfeld (alt)

Kai Schumann
Magnus Hirschfeld (jung)

Ben Becker
Adolf Brand



Chris Kraus, Valentin Passoni
17
Wolfgang Völz
Polizeipräsident

Otto Sander
Professor Steinach

Meret Becker
Arbeiterin

Olaf Drauschke
Karl Giese

Peter Ehrlich
Richard

Angelika Mann
Sängerin

Christa Pasemann
Tante Gesche
Rosa von Praunheim Filmproduktion
DE