Rosa von Praunheim
Known For
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
Nov 25, 1942 (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.
Known For
| 2026 | Mein liebster DokumentarfilmSelf | |
| 2025 | Rosa <3Self (archive footage) | |
| 2025 | Last Exit Gran CanariaSelf | |
| 2024 | Hape Kerkeling – Total NormalSelf | |
| 2022 | Rex Gildo: The Last DanceErzähler | |
| 2022 | Come With Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf | |
| 2022 | Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 | |
| 2021 | IsolationSelf | |
| 2021 | Queer CinemaHimself | |
| 2021 | Meine VäterSelf | |
| 2021 | Legendär!Self | |
| 2020 | Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ | |
| 2019 | Darkroom | |
| 2019 | Chez KrömerSelf | |
| 2018 | Friendship of MenHimself | |
| 2017 | My Wonderful West Berlin | |
| 2017 | AbendshowSelf | |
| 2015 | VaterMan in Berlin | |
| 2015 | Desire Will Set You FreeEzra's Agent | |
| 2015 | Praunheim MemoiresSelf | |
| 2014 | How I Learned to Love the NumbersSelf | |
| 2014 | Mario WirzSelf | |
| 2013 | I Feel Like DiscoRosa von Praunheim | |
| 2013 | PantoffelkinoSelf - Guest | |
| 2012 | Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim | |
| 2012 | RosakinderSelf | |
| 2012 | King of Comics | |
| 2011 | Rent BoysSelf | |
| 2011 | Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterSelf | |
| 2009 | On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema | |
| 2008 | Paris-Berlin, le débatSelf | |
| 2008 | Markus LanzSelf | |
| 2007 | Here’s Looking at You, BoySelf | |
| 2007 | Two Mothers | |
| 2007 | ANNE WILL | |
| 2007 | 0511 TV LokalSelf | |
| 2006 | Das perfekte Promi-DinnerSelf | |
| 2005 | Men, Heroes and Gay NazisSelf | |
| 2004 | Ein bisschen Luft unter die FlügelSelf | |
| 2004 | Im PalaisSelf | |
| 2003 | Charlotte in SwedenSelf | |
| 2003 | Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf | |
| 2003 | ZIBBSelf | |
| 2002 | Pfui, Rosa!Self | |
| 2002 | Through the Night with...Self | |
| 1997 | Birth of a NationSelf | |
| 1997 | NachtstudioSelf | |
| 1997 | Tietjen und BommesSelf | |
| 1996 | I Was a Jewish Sex Worker | |
| 1996 | Transexual MenaceSelf - Interviewer | |
| 1996 | Zimmer frei!Self | |
| 1995 | Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf | |
| 1991 | DAS! | |
| 1991 | DAS!Self | |
| 1990 | Fire Under Your Ass | |
| 1990 | PositiveSelf | |
| 1990 | Silence = DeathSelf | |
| 1989 | Survival in New York | |
| 1988 | Anita – Dances of Vice | |
| 1987 | Dolly, Lotte and MariaInterviewer | |
| 1987 | live - die ZDF-talkshowSelf | |
| 1986 | September SeptemberSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1986 | A Virus Knows No MoralsRüdiger Kackinski | |
| 1984 | The Bite | |
| 1979 | Tally Brown, New York | |
| 1979 | NDR Talk ShowSelf | |
| 1978 | Bio’s BahnhofSelf | |
| 1977 | George and Mike KucharSelf | |
| 1976 | Underground and EmigrantsSelf | |
| 1976 | Kölner TreffSelf | |
| 1975 | The Enchantment of the Blue SailorsMatrose | |
| 1974 | Monolog eines Stars | |
| 1974 | 3 nach 9Self | |
| 1973 | Je später der AbendSelf | |
| 1972 | Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk | |
| 1972 | Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 | |
| 1968 | Von Rosa von Praunheim | |
| 1968 | Carla | |
| 1967 | SilvoSelf | |
| 1964 | Grimme AwardSelf |
| 2022 | Rex Gildo: The Last DanceProducer | |
| 2021 | Die Nachtigall – Der grausame SohnProducer | |
| 2019 | DarkroomProducer | |
| 2018 | Friendship of MenProducer | |
| 2015 | Tough LoveProducer | |
| 2015 | Praunheim MemoiresProducer | |
| 2012 | Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimProducer | |
| 2012 | King of ComicsProducer | |
| 2011 | Rent BoysProducer | |
| 2005 | Men, Heroes and Gay NazisProducer | |
| 2005 | Your Heart in My HeadProducer | |
| 2002 | Queens Don’t CryProducer | |
| 2000 | The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. HirschfeldProducer | |
| 1995 | Neurosia: Fifty Years of PerversityProducer | |
| 1992 | I Am My Own WomanProducer | |
| 1991 | Ein Mann namens PisProducer | |
| 1990 | Fire Under Your AssProducer | |
| 1990 | Life Is Like a CucumberProducer | |
| 1990 | PositiveProducer | |
| 1988 | Anita – Dances of ViceProducer | |
| 1987 | Dolly, Lotte and MariaProducer | |
| 1986 | A Virus Knows No MoralsProducer | |
| 1979 | Tally Brown, New YorkProducer | |
| 1979 | Army of Lovers or Revolt of the PervertsProducer | |
| 1979 | Death Magazine: or How to Be a FlowerpotProducer | |
| 1976 | Underground and EmigrantsProducer | |
| 1975 | Berliner BettwurstProducer | |
| 1974 | Axel von AuerspergProducer | |
| 1972 | Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr herausProducer | |
| 1971 | Die BettwurstProducer | |
| 1971 | Die BettwurstUnit Manager |
| 2025 | Satanic SowDirector | |
| 2024 | Thirty Years with the WhipDirector | |
| 2022 | Rex Gildo: The Last DanceDirector | |
| 2021 | Die Nachtigall – Der grausame SohnDirector | |
| 2020 | Operndiven - OperntuntenDirector | |
| 2019 | DarkroomDirector | |
| 2018 | Friendship of MenDirector | |
| 2017 | Survival in Berlin-NeuköllnDirector | |
| 2017 | ACT! Wer bin ich?Director | |
| 2015 | Tough LoveDirector | |
| 2015 | Praunheim MemoiresDirector | |
| 2014 | Laura – Das Juwel von StuttgartDirector | |
| 2014 | Mario WirzDirector | |
| 2014 | Hitler und Jesus – eine LiebesgeschichteDirector | |
| 2014 | Auf der Suche nach HeilernDirector | |
| 2012 | King of ComicsDirector | |
| 2012 | Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimDirector | |
| 2012 | Germans Taste the BestDirector | |
| 2011 | Rent BoysDirector | |
| 2010 | New York MemoriesDirector | |
| 2010 | 20 × BrandenburgDirector | |
| 2009 | History of HellDirector | |
| 2009 | 24 Hours BerlinDirector | |
| 2008 | Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?Director | |
| 2008 | Dead Gay Men and Living LesbiansDirector | |
| 2008 | Der Rosa RieseDirector | |
| 2007 | Six Dead StudentsDirector | |
| 2007 | Two MothersDirector | |
| 2007 | Mit Olga auf der WolgaDirector | |
| 2005 | Men, Heroes and Gay NazisDirector | |
| 2005 | Umsonst Gelebt: Walter SchwarzeDirector | |
| 2005 | Your Heart in My HeadDirector | |
| 2005 | Who is Helene Schwarz?Director | |
| 2005 | Liebe und Leid – Albrecht BeckerDirector | |
| 2005 | Schwein gehabt – Joe LugaDirector | |
| 2003 | Charlotte in SwedenDirector | |
| 2003 | Ratten 07 – Im Berliner DschungelDirector | |
| 2002 | Pfui, Rosa!Director | |
| 2002 | Cows Knocked Up by FogDirector | |
| 2002 | Queens Don’t CryDirector | |
| 2000 | The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. HirschfeldDirector | |
| 2000 | Fassbinder's WomenDirector | |
| 2000 | Wonderful WrodowDirector | |
| 1998 | Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay MovementDirector | |
| 1996 | Transexual MenaceDirector | |
| 1995 | Neurosia: Fifty Years of PerversityDirector | |
| 1994 | Meine Oma hatte einen NazipuffDirector | |
| 1992 | I Am My Own WomanDirector | |
| 1991 | Ein Mann namens PisDirector | |
| 1991 | Stolz und schwulDirector | |
| 1990 | Silence = DeathDirector | |
| 1990 | Life Is Like a CucumberDirector | |
| 1990 | PositiveDirector | |
| 1990 | Fire Under Your AssDirector | |
| 1990 | Die WeisheitDirector | |
| 1989 | Survival in New YorkDirector | |
| 1988 | Anita – Dances of ViceDirector | |
| 1987 | Dolly, Lotte and MariaDirector | |
| 1986 | A Virus Knows No MoralsDirector | |
| 1984 | Horror VacuiDirector | |
| 1983 | City of Lost SoulsDirector | |
| 1983 | Red LoveDirector | |
| 1981 | Our Corpses Are Still AliveDirector | |
| 1979 | Army of Lovers or Revolt of the PervertsDirector | |
| 1979 | Tally Brown, New YorkDirector | |
| 1979 | Der 24. StockDirector | |
| 1979 | Death Magazine: or How to Be a FlowerpotDirector | |
| 1977 | George and Mike KucharDirector | |
| 1977 | Sigrid Gräfin von RichthofenDirector | |
| 1976 | Underground and EmigrantsDirector | |
| 1976 | Marianne RosenbergDirector | |
| 1976 | I’m an AntistarDirector | |
| 1975 | Berliner BettwurstDirector | |
| 1974 | Rosa von Praunheim zeigtDirector | |
| 1974 | Axel von AuerspergDirector | |
| 1974 | Monolog eines StarsDirector | |
| 1972 | Grotesk – Burlesk – PittoreskDirector | |
| 1972 | Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr herausDirector | |
| 1972 | PassionsDirector | |
| 1971 | Die BettwurstDirector | |
| 1971 | Homosexuelle in New YorkDirector | |
| 1971 | It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He LivesDirector | |
| 1971 | Macbeth Oper von Rosa von PraunheimDirector | |
| 1969 | Beckett in BerlinDirector | |
| 1969 | Sisters of RevolutionDirector | |
| 1969 | Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. TeilDirector | |
| 1969 | NeurasiaAssistant Director | |
| 1968 | (A)lter (A)ctionAssistant Director | |
| 1968 | Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. TeilDirector | |
| 1968 | Von Rosa von PraunheimDirector | |
| - | Sex und TodDirector |
| 2025 | Satanic SowWriter | |
| 2022 | Rex Gildo: The Last DanceWriter | |
| 2019 | DarkroomScreenplay | |
| 2018 | Friendship of MenWriter | |
| 2017 | Survival in Berlin-NeuköllnWriter | |
| 2015 | Tough LoveWriter | |
| 2015 | Praunheim MemoiresWriter | |
| 2014 | Auf der Suche nach HeilernWriter | |
| 2012 | Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimWriter | |
| 2012 | King of ComicsWriter | |
| 2011 | Rent BoysWriter | |
| 2010 | New York MemoriesWriter | |
| 2008 | Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Six Dead StudentsScreenplay | |
| 2007 | Two MothersWriter | |
| 2005 | Who is Helene Schwarz?Writer | |
| 2005 | Men, Heroes and Gay NazisWriter | |
| 2005 | Umsonst Gelebt: Walter SchwarzeWriter | |
| 2005 | Schwein gehabt – Joe LugaWriter | |
| 2005 | Liebe und Leid – Albrecht BeckerWriter | |
| 2005 | Your Heart in My HeadScreenplay | |
| 2002 | Queens Don’t CryScreenplay | |
| 2002 | Cows Knocked Up by FogScreenplay | |
| 1995 | Neurosia: Fifty Years of PerversityWriter | |
| 1994 | Meine Oma hatte einen NazipuffWriter | |
| 1992 | I Am My Own WomanScreenplay | |
| 1990 | PositiveWriter | |
| 1990 | Silence = DeathWriter | |
| 1990 | Fire Under Your AssWriter | |
| 1990 | Life Is Like a CucumberWriter | |
| 1989 | Survival in New YorkWriter | |
| 1988 | Anita – Dances of ViceWriter | |
| 1987 | Dolly, Lotte and MariaWriter | |
| 1986 | A Virus Knows No MoralsWriter | |
| 1984 | Horror VacuiWriter | |
| 1983 | City of Lost SoulsWriter | |
| 1983 | Red LoveWriter | |
| 1979 | Tally Brown, New YorkWriter | |
| 1979 | Army of Lovers or Revolt of the PervertsWriter | |
| 1979 | Death Magazine: or How to Be a FlowerpotWriter | |
| 1976 | Underground and EmigrantsWriter | |
| 1975 | Berliner BettwurstWriter | |
| 1974 | Axel von AuerspergWriter | |
| 1974 | Monolog eines StarsWriter | |
| 1972 | Grotesk – Burlesk – PittoreskWriter | |
| 1972 | Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr herausWriter | |
| 1971 | Die BettwurstWriter | |
| 1971 | It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He LivesWriter | |
| 1971 | Macbeth Oper von Rosa von PraunheimWriter | |
| - | Sex und TodWriter |
| 1979 | Army of Lovers or Revolt of the PervertsCinematography |