The Uprising
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Film / 2000
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Directed by
Rosa von Praunheim
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 …
The story
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.
Cast
Friedel von WangenheimMagnus Hirschfeld (alt)
Kai SchumannMagnus Hirschfeld (jung)
Ben BeckerAdolf Brand
Wolfgang VölzPolizeipräsident
Otto SanderProfessor Steinach
Meret BeckerArbeiterin
Olaf DrauschkeKarl Giese
Peter EhrlichRichard
Angelika MannSängerin
Christa PasemannTante Gesche
Monika HansenGräfin
Gerd Lukas StorzerHermann von Teschenberg
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