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THE EINSTEIN OF SEX: LIFE AND WORK OF DR. M. HIRSCHFELD

Der Einstein des Sex - Leben und Werk des Dr. Hirschfeld

Directed by Rosa von Praunheim
Germany, Netherlands, 1999
Comedy, LGBTQ+, History, Biography, Drama
  • 9898 minutes

Synopsis

Long before the Stonewall riots, Masters and Johnson or even the Kinsey Report, there was Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. A gay German Jew living in 19th-century Berlin, Hirschfeld didn’t just champion gay rights — he discovered them.

Synopsis

Long before the Stonewall riots, Masters and Johnson or even the Kinsey Report, there was Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld. A gay German Jew living in 19th-century Berlin, Hirschfeld didn’t just champion gay rights — he discovered them.