Rosa von Praunheim

ActorDirectorEditorWriterProducer Nov 25 (died age 83) Riga, Latvia 1964–2025 (61 year career)

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Biography

Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, was a German film director, author, painter and the most famous gay rights activist in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A prolific director, he has made over seventy feature films. He began his career associated to the New German Cinema as a senior member of the Berlin school of underground filmmaking. He took the artistic female name Rosa von Praunheim to remind people of the pink triangle that homosexuals had to wear in Nazi…

Known For

Film

I Feel Like Disco

Rosa von Praunheim

Film

Tough Love

Director

Film

24 Hours Berlin

Director

Film

Darkroom

5.3 2019

Film

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

Director

Film

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

Director

Film

Rent Boys

Self

Film

Die Bettwurst

Director

Filmography

Acting (78)

Movies (53)

Rosa <3

2025

as Himself (archive footage)

Last Exit Gran Canaria

2025

as Self

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

2024

as Self

8.3

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

2022

as Self

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022

as Erzähler

4.1

Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80

2022

5.0

Queer Cinema

2021

as Himself

Meine Väter

2021

as Self

Isolation

2021

as Self

Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“

Darkroom

Friendship of Men

as Himself

My Wonderful West Berlin

2017

6.3

Praunheim Memoires

2015

as Self

Vater

2015

as Man in Berlin

Desire Will Set You Free

2015

as Ezra's Agent

4.5

Mario Wirz

2014

as Self

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

2014

as Self

9.0

I Feel Like Disco

2013

as Rosa von Praunheim

5.5

Rosakinder

2012

as Self

5.2

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

King of Comics

Rent Boys

as Self

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

2011

as Self

5.5

On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema

2009

Two Mothers

2007

Here’s Looking at You, Boy

2007

as Self

4.8

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

2005

as Self

5.6

Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel

2004

as Self

Charlotte in Sweden

2003

as Self

Pfui, Rosa!

2002

as Self

Birth of a Nation

1997

as Self

6.3

I Was a Jewish Sex Worker

1996

1.0

Transexual Menace

1996

as Self - Interviewer

Fire Under Your Ass

Positive

as Self

Silence = Death

as Self

Survival in New York

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

4.6

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

1987

as Interviewer

September September

1986

as Self (archive footage)

A Virus Knows No Morals

as Rüdiger Kackinski

The Bite

Tally Brown, New York

1979

5.0

George and Mike Kuchar

1977

as Self

Underground and Emigrants

1976

as Self

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

1975

as Matrose

4.5

Monolog eines Stars

1974

Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk

1972

Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972

1972

Von Rosa von Praunheim

Carla

Silvo

as Self

Television (25)

Legendär!

2021

as Self

Chez Krömer

2019

as Self

7.3

Abendshow

2017

as Self

Pantoffelkino

2013

as Self - Guest

Markus Lanz

2008

as Self

5.5

Paris-Berlin, le débat

2008

as Self

ANNE WILL

2007

0511 TV Lokal

2007

as Self

Das perfekte Promi-Dinner

2006

as Self

Im Palais

2004

as Self

ZIBB

2003

as Self

Menschen bei Maischberger

2003

as Self

6.3

Through the Night with...

2002

as Self

8.0

Tietjen und Bommes

1997

as Self

Nachtstudio

1997

as Self

Zimmer frei!

1996

as Self

6.3

Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self

DAS!

as Self

live - die ZDF-talkshow

1987

as Self

NDR Talk Show

1979

as Self

6.5

Bio’s Bahnhof

1978

as Self

Kölner Treff

as Self

3 nach 9

as Self

Je später der Abend

as Self

Grimme Award

1964

as Self

Crew (194)

Movies (194)

Satanic Sow

2025

Director

Satanic Sow

2025

Editor

Satanic Sow

2025

Writer

Thirty Years with the Whip

2024

Director

8.0

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022

Director

4.1

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022

Producer

4.1

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022

Writer

4.1

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn

2021

Director

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn

2021

Producer

Operndiven - Operntunten

Director

Darkroom

Director

Darkroom

Producer

Darkroom

Screenplay

Friendship of Men

Director

Friendship of Men

Producer

Friendship of Men

Writer

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

2017

Director

2.0

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

2017

Editor

2.0

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

Writer

ACT! Wer bin ich?

Director

Praunheim Memoires

Director

Praunheim Memoires

2015

Producer

Praunheim Memoires

2015

Writer

Tough Love

Director

Tough Love

Producer

Tough Love

Writer

Auf der Suche nach Heilern

2014

Director

Auf der Suche nach Heilern

2014

Writer

Mario Wirz

2014

Director

Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte

2014

Director

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart

2014

Director

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012

Director

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012

Editor

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012

Producer

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012

Writer

King of Comics

Director

King of Comics

Editor

King of Comics

Producer

King of Comics

Writer

Germans Taste the Best

2012

Director

Rent Boys

Director

Rent Boys

Producer

Rent Boys

Writer

New York Memories

Director

New York Memories

Writer

20 × Brandenburg

Director

History of Hell

Director

24 Hours Berlin

Director

Der Rosa Riese

Director

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

2008

Director

4.6

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

2008

Editor

4.6

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

2008

Screenplay

4.6

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians

2008

Director

3.5

Two Mothers

2007

Director

Two Mothers

2007

Writer

Six Dead Students

2007

Director

Six Dead Students

2007

Screenplay

Mit Olga auf der Wolga

2007

Director

Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker

2005

Director

Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker

2005

Writer

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze

2005

Director

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze

2005

Writer

Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga

2005

Director

Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga

2005

Writer

Your Heart in My Head

2005

Director

4.0

Your Heart in My Head

2005

Producer

4.0

Your Heart in My Head

2005

Screenplay

4.0

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

2005

Director

5.6

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

2005

Producer

5.6

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

2005

Writer

5.6

Who is Helene Schwarz?

2005

Director

Who is Helene Schwarz?

2005

Writer

Charlotte in Sweden

2003

Director

Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel

2003

Director

Pfui, Rosa!

2002

Director

Queens Don’t Cry

Director

Queens Don’t Cry

Producer

Queens Don’t Cry

Screenplay

Cows Knocked Up by Fog

2002

Director

Cows Knocked Up by Fog

2002

Screenplay

Wonderful Wrodow

2000

Director

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

2000

Director

5.3

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

Producer

Fassbinder's Women

Director

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement

Director

Transexual Menace

Director

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

1995

Director

4.6

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

1995

Producer

4.6

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

1995

Writer

4.6

Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff

1994

Director

Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff

1994

Writer

I Am My Own Woman

Director

I Am My Own Woman

Producer

I Am My Own Woman

Screenplay

Stolz und schwul

Director

Ein Mann namens Pis

1991

Director

Ein Mann namens Pis

1991

Producer

Fire Under Your Ass

1990

Director

Fire Under Your Ass

1990

Producer

Fire Under Your Ass

1990

Writer

Die Weisheit

1990

Director

Positive

Director

Positive

Editor

Positive

Producer

Positive

Writer

Silence = Death

Director

Silence = Death

Editor

Silence = Death

Writer

Life Is Like a Cucumber

1990

Director

5.5

Life Is Like a Cucumber

1990

Producer

5.5

Life Is Like a Cucumber

Writer

Survival in New York

Director

Survival in New York

Writer

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

Director

4.6

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

Editor

4.6

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

Producer

4.6

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

Writer

4.6

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

1987

Director

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

1987

Producer

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

1987

Writer

A Virus Knows No Morals

1986

Director

3.8

A Virus Knows No Morals

1986

Producer

3.8

A Virus Knows No Morals

Writer

Horror Vacui

Director

Horror Vacui

Writer

City of Lost Souls

Director

City of Lost Souls

Writer

Red Love

Director

Red Love

1983

Writer

Our Corpses Are Still Alive

1981

Director

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Director

5.0

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Director of Photography

5.0

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Editor

5.0

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Producer

5.0

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Writer

5.0

Der 24. Stock

1979

Director

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Cinematography

3.2

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Director

3.2

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Editor

3.2

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Producer

3.2

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Writer

3.2