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| The Einstein of Sex (1999)

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98 minutes
Rated: NR
German with English subtitles

Country: Germany
Studio: TLA Releasing
Cast: Friedel Von Wangenheim, Ben Becker, Wolfgang Völz, Otto Sander, Meret Becker, Monika Hansen
Director: Rosa von Praunheim
Screenwriter: Chris Kraus, Valentin Passoni
Synopsis
About the life and work of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a gay German Jew living in 19th-century Berlin. Hirschfeld's realization of his homosexuality in his teen years leads to his research on the matter, which results in his establishment of the first gay political group and the first medical practice for gays, the Institute of Sexual Science, which is destroyed by the Nazis along with most of his life's work.
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