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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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld Cast
Name |
Character |
Otto Sander
He was 59, 72 years old when he died
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as Professor Steinach |
Meret Becker
She was 32, now 55 years old
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as Arbeiterin |
Ben Becker
He was 36, now 59 years old
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as Adolf Brand |
Christa Pasemann
She was 66, 83 years old when she died
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as Tante Gesche |
Kai Schumann
He was 23, now 48 years old
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as Magnus Hirschfeld (jung) |
Friedel von Wangenheim
He was 60, 61 years old when he died
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as Magnus Hirschfeld (alt) |
Tima die Göttliche
He was 35, now 58 years old
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Wolfgang Völz
He was 70, 87 years old when he died
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as Polizeipräsident |
Gerry Wolff
He was 80, 84 years old when he died
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Peter Ehrlich
He was 67, 49 years old when he died
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as Richard |
Angelika Mann
She was 50, now 75 years old
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as Sängerin |
Monika Hansen
She was 58, now 81 years old
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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld Crew