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Rosa von Praunheim

Rosa von Praunheim

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.

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Satanic Sow

Satanic Sow

2025

Director, Writer, Editor

Thirty Years with the Whip

Thirty Years with the Whip

2024

Director

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022

Writer, Director, Producer

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn

2021

Producer, Director

Operndiven - Operntunten

Operndiven - Operntunten

2020

Director

Darkroom

Darkroom

2019

Director, Producer, Screenplay

Friendship of Men

Friendship of Men

2018

Director, Writer, Producer

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

2017

Director, Writer, Editor

ACT! Wer bin ich?

ACT! Wer bin ich?

2017

Director

Tough Love

Tough Love

2015

Director, Producer, Writer

Praunheim Memoires

Praunheim Memoires

2015

Producer, Writer, Director

Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte

Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte

2014

Director

Auf der Suche nach Heilern

Auf der Suche nach Heilern

2014

Writer, Director

Mario Wirz

Mario Wirz

2014

Director

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart

2014

Director

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012

Editor, Writer, Producer, Director

King of Comics

King of Comics

2012

Director, Editor, Producer, Writer

Rent Boys

Rent Boys

2011

Director, Writer, Producer

20 × Brandenburg

20 × Brandenburg

2010

Director

New York Memories

New York Memories

2010

Director

History of Hell

History of Hell

2009

Director

24 Hours Berlin

24 Hours Berlin

2009

Director

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

2008

Director, Editor, Screenplay

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians

2008

Director

Rosa Riese

Rosa Riese

2008

Director

Six Dead Students

Six Dead Students

2007

Director, Screenplay

Two Mothers

Two Mothers

2007

Writer, Director

Mit Olga auf der Wolga

Mit Olga auf der Wolga

2007

Director

Your Heart in My Head

Your Heart in My Head

2005

Director

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

2005

Director, Writer, Producer

Who is Helene Schwarz?

Who is Helene Schwarz?

2005

Writer, Director

Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga

Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga

2005

Director, Writer

Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker

Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker

2005

Director, Writer

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze

2005

Director, Writer

Charlotte in Sweden

Charlotte in Sweden

2003

Director

Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel

Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel

2003

Director

Cows Knocked Up by Fog

Cows Knocked Up by Fog

2002

Screenplay, Director

Pfui, Rosa!

Pfui, Rosa!

2002

Director

Queens Don’t Cry

Queens Don’t Cry

2002

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Fassbinder’s Women

Fassbinder’s Women

2000

Director

Wonderful Wrodow

Wonderful Wrodow

2000

Director

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

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

2000

Director, Producer

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement

1998

Director

Transexual Menace

Transexual Menace

1996

Director

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

1995

Director, Writer, Producer

I Am My Own Woman

I Am My Own Woman

1992

Screenplay, Director, Producer

Stolz und schwul

Stolz und schwul

1991

Director

Ein Mann namens Pis

Ein Mann namens Pis

1991

Producer, Director

Life Is Like a Cucumber

Life Is Like a Cucumber

1990

Director, Writer, Producer

Fire Under Your Ass

Fire Under Your Ass

1990

Director, Writer, Producer

Positive

Positive

1990

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

Silence = Death

Silence = Death

1990

Director, Writer, Editor

Die Weisheit

Die Weisheit

1990

Director

Survival in New York

Survival in New York

1989

Director, Writer

Anita – Dances of Vice

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988

Director, Writer, Editor, Producer

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

1987

Producer, Director, Writer

A Virus Knows No Morals

A Virus Knows No Morals

1986

Producer, Writer, Director

Horror Vacui

Horror Vacui

1984

Director, Writer

Red Love

Red Love

1983

Director, Writer

City of Lost Souls

City of Lost Souls

1983

Director, Writer

Our Corpses Are Still Alive

Our Corpses Are Still Alive

1981

Director

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot

1979

Camera Operator, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor

Der 24. Stock

Der 24. Stock

1979

Director

Tally Brown, New York

Tally Brown, New York

1979

Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979

Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Writer, Director

George and Mike Kuchar

George and Mike Kuchar

1977

Director

Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen

Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen

1977

Director

I’m an Antistar

I’m an Antistar

1976

Director

Underground and Emigrants

Underground and Emigrants

1976

Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director

Marianne Rosenberg

Marianne Rosenberg

1976

Director

Berliner Bettwurst

Berliner Bettwurst

1975

Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography

Rosa von Praunheim zeigt

Rosa von Praunheim zeigt

1974

Director

Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus

Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus

1972

Producer, Editor, Director, Writer

Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk

Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk

1972

Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Passions

Passions

1972

Director

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

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

1971

Director of Photography, Writer, Director

Die Bettwurst

Die Bettwurst

1971

Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer

Homosexuelle in New York

Homosexuelle in New York

1971

Director

Schwestern der Revolution

Schwestern der Revolution

1969

Director

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil

1969

Director

Neurasia

Neurasia

1969

Assistant Director

Beckett in Berlin

Beckett in Berlin

1969

Director

(A)lter (A)ction

(A)lter (A)ction

1968

Assistant Director

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil

1968

Director

Von Rosa von Praunheim

Von Rosa von Praunheim

1968

Director

Sex und Tod

Sex und Tod

Writer, Director

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