Der Einstein des Sex

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Der Einstein des Sex
Directed by	Rosa von Praunheim
Written by	Chris Kraus, Valentin Passoni
Release date(s)	16 March 2000
Country	Germany
Language	German
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Der Einstein des Sex is a film by the German director Rosa von Praunheim from the year 1999, based on the life of the Jewish doctor Magnus Hirschfeld. The Einstein of Sex is about the once world-famous sexologist Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a Jewish 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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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)
Arcadio Ciccarese ... Student