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The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (1999) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1999 · 100 mins · German
- Directed by
- Rosa von Praunheim
- Starring
- Otto Sander, Meret Becker, Angelika Mann, Monika Hansen, Kai Schumann, Ben Becker
Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German‑Jewish physician, pioneered sexology and challenged anti‑sodomy laws in the late 19th century. The film follows his love for Baron von Teschenberg, his work with Karl Giese and the transvestite Dorchen, and their founding of Berlin’s Institute for Sexual Sciences in 1920, as it battles the Nazis in the mid‑1930s.
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