Rosa von Praunheim
- Born
- November 25, 1942
- Died
- December 17, 2025 (83 years old)
- Place of birth
- Riga, Latvia
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 concentration camps.
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Filmography
- —Sex und TodSex und TodFilm · Writer, Director
- 2025Satanic SowFilm · Director, Writer, Editor
- 2024Thirty Years with the WhipFilm · Director, Author
- 2022Rex Gildo: The Last DanceFilm · Writer, Director, Producer
- 2021Die Nachtigall – Der grausame SohnFilm · Producer, Director
- 2020Operndiven - OperntuntenFilm · Director
- 2019DarkroomFilm · Director, Producer, Screenplay★ 5.4
- 2018Friendship of MenFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2017Survival in Berlin-NeuköllnFilm · Director, Writer, Editor
- 2017ACT! Wer bin ich?Film · Director
- 2015Tough LoveFilm · Director, Producer, Writer
- 2015Praunheim MemoiresFilm · Producer, Writer, Director
- 2014Hitler und Jesus – eine LiebesgeschichteHitler und Jesus – eine LiebesgeschichteFilm · Director
- 2014Auf der Suche nach HeilernFilm · Writer, Director
- 2014Mario WirzFilm · Director
- 2014Laura – Das Juwel von StuttgartFilm · Director
- 2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimFilm · Editor, Writer, Producer, Director
- 2012I am a PoemFilm · Producer, Editor
- 2012Axel und Peter - Titten für ArschAxel und Peter - Titten für ArschFilm · Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 2012Germans Taste the BestGermans Taste the BestFilm · Director
- 2012King of ComicsFilm · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- 2011Rent BoysFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 201020 × BrandenburgFilm · Director
- 2010New York MemoriesFilm · Director, Writer
- 2009History of HellHistory of HellFilm · Director
- 200924 Hours BerlinFilm · Director
- 2008Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?Film · Director, Editor, Screenplay
- 2008Dead Gay Men and Living LesbiansFilm · Director
- 2008Der Rosa RieseDer Rosa RieseFilm · Director
- 2007Six Dead StudentsSix Dead StudentsFilm · Director, Screenplay
- 2007Two MothersFilm · Writer, Director
- 2007Mit Olga auf der WolgaMit Olga auf der WolgaFilm · Director
- 2005Your Heart in My HeadFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2005Men, Heroes and Gay NazisFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 2005Who is Helene Schwarz?Who is Helene Schwarz?Film · Writer, Director
- 2005Schwein gehabt – Joe LugaSchwein gehabt – Joe LugaFilm · Director, Writer
- 2005Liebe und Leid – Albrecht BeckerLiebe und Leid – Albrecht BeckerFilm · Director, Writer
- 2005Umsonst Gelebt: Walter SchwarzeFilm · Director, Writer
- 2003Charlotte in SwedenCharlotte in SwedenFilm · Director
- 2003Ratten 07 – Im Berliner DschungelRatten 07 – Im Berliner DschungelFilm · Director
- 2002Cows Knocked Up by FogFilm · Screenplay, Director
- 2002Pfui, Rosa!Pfui, Rosa!Film · Director
- 2002Queens Don’t CryFilm · Director, Screenplay, Producer
- 2000Fassbinder's WomenFilm · Director
- 2000Wonderful WrodowWonderful WrodowFilm · Director
- 2000The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. HirschfeldFilm · Director, Producer
- 1998Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay MovementFilm · Director
- 1996Transexual MenaceFilm · Director, Writer
- 1995Neurosia: Fifty Years of PerversityFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 1994Meine Oma hatte einen NazipuffMeine Oma hatte einen NazipuffFilm · Director, Writer
- 1992I Am My Own WomanFilm · Screenplay, Director, Producer
- 1991Proud and GayProud and GayFilm · Director
- 1991Ein Mann namens PisEin Mann namens PisFilm · Producer, Director
- 1990Life Is Like a CucumberFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 1990Fire Under Your AssFilm · Director, Writer, Producer
- 1990PositiveFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 1990Silence = DeathFilm · Director, Writer, Editor
- 1990Die WeisheitDie WeisheitFilm · Director
- 1989Survival in New YorkFilm · Director, Writer
- 1988Anita – Dances of ViceFilm · Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
- 1987Dolly, Lotte and MariaFilm · Producer, Director, Writer
- 1986A Virus Knows No MoralsFilm · Producer, Writer, Director
- 1984Horror VacuiFilm · Director, Writer
- 1983Red LoveFilm · Director, Writer, Director of Photography
- 1983City of Lost SoulsFilm · Director, Writer
- 1981Our Corpses Are Still AliveFilm · Director
- 1979Death Magazine: or How to Be a FlowerpotFilm · Camera Operator, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- 1979Der 24. StockDer 24. StockFilm · Director
- 1979Tally Brown, New YorkFilm · Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
- 1979Army of Lovers or Revolt of the PervertsFilm · Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Writer, Director
- 1977George and Mike KucharGeorge and Mike KucharFilm · Director
- 1977Sigrid Gräfin von RichthofenSigrid Gräfin von RichthofenFilm · Director
- 1976I’m an AntistarFilm · Director
- 1976Underground and EmigrantsFilm · Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
- 1976Marianne RosenbergFilm · Director
- 1975Berliner BettwurstFilm · Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
- 1974Axel von AuerspergAxel von AuerspergFilm · Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- 1974Rosa von Praunheim zeigtRosa von Praunheim zeigtFilm · Director
- 1974Monolog eines StarsMonolog eines StarsFilm · Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 1972Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr herausWas die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr herausFilm · Producer, Editor, Director, Writer
- 1972Grotesk – Burlesk – PittoreskGrotesk – Burlesk – PittoreskFilm · Director of Photography, Writer, Director
- 1972PassionsPassionsFilm · Director
- 1971Die BettwurstFilm · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Art Direction, Unit Manager
- 1971It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He LivesFilm · Director of Photography, Writer, Director★ 5.3
- 1971Homosexuelle in New YorkHomosexuelle in New YorkFilm · Director
- 1971Macbeth Oper von Rosa von PraunheimMacbeth Oper von Rosa von PraunheimFilm · Director, Writer
- 1969Sisters of RevolutionSisters of RevolutionFilm · Director
- 1969Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. TeilRosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. TeilFilm · Director
- 1969NeurasiaFilm · Assistant Director
- 1969Beckett in BerlinFilm · Director
- 1968(A)lter (A)ction(A)lter (A)ctionFilm · Assistant Director
- 1968Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. TeilRosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. TeilFilm · Director
- 1968Von Rosa von PraunheimFilm · Director
