Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, is 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.
Full Filmography
Directing
(A)lter (A)ction
(1968)
Assistant Director
Von Rosa von Praunheim
(1968)
Director
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil
(1968)
Director
Schwestern der Revolution
(1969)
Director
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil
(1969)
Director
Neurasia
(1969)
Assistant Director
Beckett in Berlin
(1969)
Director
Die Bettwurst
(1971)
Director
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
(1971)
Director
Homosexuelle in New York
(1971)
Director
Passions
(1972)
Director
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Director
Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
(1972)
Director
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt
(1974)
Director
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Director
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Director
I’m an Antistar
(1976)
Director
Marianne Rosenberg
(1976)
Director
George and Mike Kuchar
(1977)
Director
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen
(1977)
Director
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Director
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Director
Der 24. Stock
(1979)
Director
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Director
Our Corpses Are Still Alive
(1981)
Director
City of Lost Souls
(1983)
Director
Red Love
(1983)
Director
Horror Vacui
(1984)
Director
A Virus Knows No Morals
(1986)
Director
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
(1987)
Director
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Director
Survival in New York
(1989)
Director
Life Is Like a Cucumber
(1990)
Director
Silence = Death
(1990)
Director
Positive
(1990)
Director
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
Director
Die Weisheit
(1990)
Director
Stolz und schwul
(1991)
Director
Ein Mann namens Pis
(1991)
Director
I Am My Own Woman
(1992)
Director
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
(1995)
Director
Transexual Menace
(1996)
Director
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement
(1998)
Director
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
(2000)
Director
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
(2000)
Director
Fassbinder’s Women
(2000)
Director
Wonderful Wrodow
(2000)
Director
Queens Don’t Cry
(2002)
Director
Pfui, Rosa!
(2002)
Director
Cows Knocked Up by Fog
(2002)
Director
Charlotte in Sweden
(2003)
Director
Ratten 07 - Im Berliner Dschungel
(2003)
Director
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
(2005)
Director
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
(2005)
Director
Your Heart in My Head
(2005)
Director
Who is Helene Schwarz?
(2005)
Director
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
(2005)
Director
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
(2005)
Director
Six Dead Students
(2007)
Director
Two Mothers
(2007)
Director
Mit Olga auf der Wolga
(2007)
Director
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
(2008)
Director
Rosa Riese
(2008)
Director
History of Hell
(2009)
Director
24 Hours Berlin
(2009)
Director
New York Memories
(2010)
Director
20 × Brandenburg
(2010)
Director
Rent Boys
(2011)
Director
King of Comics
(2012)
Director
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
Director
Praunheim Memoires
(2014)
Director
Auf der Suche nach Heilern
(2014)
Director
Mario Wirz
(2014)
Director
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart
(2014)
Director
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte
(2014)
Director
Tough Love
(2015)
Director
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
(2017)
Director
ACT! Wer bin ich?
(2017)
Director
Friendship of Men
(2018)
Director
Darkroom
(2019)
Director
Operndiven - Operntunten
(2020)
Director
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
(2021)
Director
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
(2022)
Director
Acting
Silvo
(1967)
Self
Von Rosa von Praunheim
(1968)
Carla
(1968)
Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
(1972)
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
(1975)
Matrose
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Self
George and Mike Kuchar
(1977)
Self
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
The Bite
(1984)
September September
(1986)
(archive footage)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
(1987)
Interviewer
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Survival in New York
(1989)
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
Positive
(1990)
Self
Silence = Death
(1990)
Self
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
(1996)
Birth of a Nation
(1997)
Self
Pfui, Rosa!
(2002)
Self
Charlotte in Sweden
(2003)
Self
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
(2005)
Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
(2007)
Self
Two Mothers
(2007)
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
(2009)
Rent Boys
(2011)
Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
(2011)
Self
Rosakinder
(2012)
Self
King of Comics
(2012)
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
I Feel Like Disco
(2013)
Rosa von Praunheim
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
(2014)
Self
Desire Will Set You Free
(2015)
Vater
(2015)
Man in Berlin
My Wonderful West Berlin
(2017)
Friendship of Men
(2018)
Himself
Darkroom
(2019)
Smart Berlin: Der "Stutti"
(2020)
Isolation
(2021)
Self
Queer Cinema
(2021)
Himself
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
(2022)
Rosa von Praunheim
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80
(2022)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
(2022)
Erzähler
Camera
Die Bettwurst
(1971)
Director of Photography
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
(1971)
Director of Photography
Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
(1972)
Director of Photography
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Director of Photography
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Camera Operator
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Director of Photography
Editing
Die Bettwurst
(1971)
Editor
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Editor
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Editor
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Editor
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Editor
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Editor
Silence = Death
(1990)
Editor
Positive
(1990)
Editor
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
(2000)
Editor
King of Comics
(2012)
Editor
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
Editor
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
(2017)
Editor
Writing
Die Bettwurst
(1971)
Writer
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
(1971)
Writer
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Writer
Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
(1972)
Writer
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Writer
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Writer
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Writer
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Writer
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Writer
City of Lost Souls
(1983)
Writer
Red Love
(1983)
Writer
Horror Vacui
(1984)
Writer
A Virus Knows No Morals
(1986)
Writer
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
(1987)
Writer
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Writer
Survival in New York
(1989)
Writer
Life Is Like a Cucumber
(1990)
Writer
Positive
(1990)
Writer
Silence = Death
(1990)
Writer
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
Writer
I Am My Own Woman
(1992)
Screenplay
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
(1995)
Writer
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
(2000)
Author
Queens Don’t Cry
(2002)
Screenplay
Cows Knocked Up by Fog
(2002)
Screenplay
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
(2005)
Writer
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
(2005)
Writer
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
(2005)
Writer
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
(2005)
Writer
Who is Helene Schwarz?
(2005)
Writer
Six Dead Students
(2007)
Screenplay
Two Mothers
(2007)
Writer
Rent Boys
(2011)
Writer
King of Comics
(2012)
Writer
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
Writer
Praunheim Memoires
(2014)
Writer
Tough Love
(2015)
Writer
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
(2017)
Writer
Friendship of Men
(2018)
Writer
Darkroom
(2019)
Screenplay
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
(2022)
Writer
Production
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Producer
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Producer
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Producer
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Producer
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Producer
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Producer
A Virus Knows No Morals
(1986)
Producer
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
(1987)
Producer
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Producer
Positive
(1990)
Producer
Life Is Like a Cucumber
(1990)
Producer
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
Producer
Ein Mann namens Pis
(1991)
Producer
I Am My Own Woman
(1992)
Producer
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
(1995)
Producer
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
(2000)
Producer
Queens Don’t Cry
(2002)
Producer
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
(2005)
Producer
Rent Boys
(2011)
Producer
King of Comics
(2012)
Producer
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
Producer
Praunheim Memoires
(2014)
Producer
Tough Love
(2015)
Producer
Friendship of Men
(2018)
Producer
Darkroom
(2019)
Producer
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
(2021)
Producer
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
(2022)
Producer
Crew