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.
Known For
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Director
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
Beckett in Berlin
(1969)
Director
Schwestern der Revolution
(1969)
Director
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil
(1969)
Director
Neurasia
(1969)
Assistant Director
Die Bettwurst
(1971)
Director
Homosexuelle in New York
(1971)
Director
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
(1971)
Director
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Director
Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
(1972)
Director
Passions
(1972)
Director
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt
(1974)
Director
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Director
Marianne Rosenberg
(1976)
Director
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Director
I’m an Antistar
(1976)
Director
George and Mike Kuchar
(1977)
Director
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen
(1977)
Director
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Director
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Director
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Director
Der 24. Stock
(1979)
Director
Our Corpses Are Still Alive
(1981)
Director
Red Love
(1983)
Director
City of Lost Souls
(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
Die Weisheit
(1990)
Director
Positive
(1990)
Director
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
Director
Silence = Death
(1990)
Director
Life Is Like a Cucumber
(1990)
Director
Ein Mann namens Pis
(1991)
Director
Stolz und schwul
(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
Fassbinder’s Women
(2000)
Director
Wonderful Wrodow
(2000)
Director
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
(2000)
Director
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
(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
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
(2005)
Director
Who is Helene Schwarz?
(2005)
Director
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
(2005)
Director
Your Heart in My Head
(2005)
Director
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
(2005)
Director
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
(2005)
Director
Two Mothers
(2007)
Director
Six Dead Students
(2007)
Director
Mit Olga auf der Wolga
(2007)
Director
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
(2008)
Director
Rosa Riese
(2008)
Director
24 Hours Berlin
(2009)
Director
History of Hell
(2009)
Director
20 × Brandenburg
(2010)
Director
New York Memories
(2010)
Director
Rent Boys
(2011)
Director
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
Director
King of Comics
(2012)
Director
Auf der Suche nach Heilern
(2014)
Director
Praunheim Memoires
(2014)
Director
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte
(2014)
Director
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart
(2014)
Director
Mario Wirz
(2014)
Director
Tough Love
(2015)
Director
ACT! Wer bin ich?
(2017)
Director
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
(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)
Positive
(1990)
Self
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
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
Two Mothers
(2007)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
(2007)
Self
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
(2009)
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
(2011)
Self
Rent Boys
(2011)
Self
King of Comics
(2012)
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
(2012)
Rosakinder
(2012)
Self
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
Writing
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
(1971)
Writer
Die Bettwurst
(1971)
Writer
Grotesk - Burlesk - Pittoresk
(1972)
Writer
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Writer
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Writer
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Writer
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Writer
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Writer
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Writer
Red Love
(1983)
Writer
City of Lost Souls
(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
Positive
(1990)
Writer
Life Is Like a Cucumber
(1990)
Writer
Fire Under Your Ass
(1990)
Writer
Silence = Death
(1990)
Writer
I Am My Own Woman
(1992)
Screenplay
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
(1995)
Writer
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
(2000)
Author
Cows Knocked Up by Fog
(2002)
Screenplay
Queens Don’t Cry
(2002)
Screenplay
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
(2005)
Writer
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
(2005)
Writer
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
(2005)
Writer
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
(2005)
Writer
Who is Helene Schwarz?
(2005)
Writer
Two Mothers
(2007)
Writer
Six Dead Students
(2007)
Screenplay
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
Camera
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
(1971)
Director of Photography
Die Bettwurst
(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
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Editor
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Editor
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Editor
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Editor
Positive
(1990)
Editor
Silence = Death
(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
Production
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
(1972)
Producer
Berliner Bettwurst
(1975)
Producer
Underground and Emigrants
(1976)
Producer
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
(1979)
Producer
Tally Brown, New York
(1979)
Producer
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
(1979)
Producer
A Virus Knows No Morals
(1986)
Producer
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
(1987)
Producer
Anita – Dances of Vice
(1988)
Producer
Life Is Like a Cucumber
(1990)
Producer
Positive
(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