🎬 Drama, History

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

⭐ 5.4/10 2000 1h 40m Dir. Rosa von Praunheim

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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.

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Year
2000
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 5.4/10
Votes
17
Genre
Drama, History
Language
DE

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 History 🎬 Rosa von Praunheim 👤 Friedel von Wangenheim 👤 Kai Schumann 👤 Ben Becker
lgbt sexual dysfunction

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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld has a runtime of 1h 40m (1 hour and 40 minutes).
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld was directed by Rosa von Praunheim and released in 2000.
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld is a Drama, History film (2000).
The cast of The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld includes Friedel von Wangenheim, Kai Schumann, Ben Becker, Wolfgang Völz, Otto Sander.
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld has a TMDB rating of 5.4/10 based on 17 votes.

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