The Einstein of Sex
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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (German: Der Einstein des Sex) is a 1999 German film directed by Rosa von Praunheim. The plot follows the life of the Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld who was a sexologist and gay socialist. In 1897, Hirschfeld founded the first political gay group in history. In the film three of Hirschfeld's closest friends are portrayed: Baron Hermann von Teschenberg, Karl Giese and Dorchen (a transsexual). They establish the first Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin in 1919. They try to keep the institute open during the rise of the Third Reich in the 1930s.
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Cast
- Friedel von Wangenheim ... Dr. M. Hirschfeld
- Ben Becker ... Adolf Brand
- Wolfgang Völz ... Polizeipräsident
- Otto Sander ... Professor Steinach
- Meret Becker ... Arbeiterin
- Monika Hansen ... Gräfin
- Gerd Lukas Storzer ... Baron von Teschenberg
- Olaf Drauschke ... Karl Giese
- Tima die Göttliche ... Dorchen
- Harald Glitz ... Hochzeitsgast
- Ulrich Jackwitz ... Geheimrat
- Kai Schuhmann ... Magnus Hirschfeld (young)
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