Selbstversuch

Selbstversuch (1990)

Science FictionDrama

Johanna is a dedicated female scientist in a near-future world. Her research team develops a drug called "Petersein masculinum 199," capable of transforming a woman into a man. Driven by scientific curiosity and an unrequited love for her cold project leader, Professor Peters, Johanna volunteers as the first human test subject.The chemical process succeeds, and she becomes a man named Johann Anders. However, the physical triumph quickly turns into a psychological crisis. As Johann, she experiences the world from a male perspective and is shocked by what she finds. The men around her live in a world of emotional detachment, power struggles, and casual sexism.When Johann sees how the Professor emotionally mistreats his own daughter, the illusion shatters. Horrified by the lack of empathy required to thrive in this patriarchal society, Johann ends the experiment on day 29. She chooses to change back into a woman, rejecting the toxic male world.

Director: Peter Vogel

Casts

	Johanna Schall as Johanna
	Silvia Mißbach as Anna
	Katrin Klein as Irene
	Andrea Solter as Beate
	Henry Hübchen as Bertram
	Michael Schweighöfer as Rüdiger
	Ute Lubosch as Frau des Professors
	Hansjürgen Hürrig as Professor
	Heidrun Perdelwitz as Sekretärin
	Bernd Michael Lade as Kybernetiker
	Christine Schorn as Mutter Johannas
	Wilfried Pucher as Vater Johannas
	Joachim Tomaschewsky as
	Holm Henning Freier as
	Nadja Schulz as
	Silke Matthias as
	Florian Martens as
	Dietmar Burkhard as

Crew