Rosa von Praunheim

Rosa von Praunheim

Directing

Born November 25, 1942 · Riga, Latvia

89 films as director · Active 1968–2025

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…

Known for

Markus Lanz

Markus Lanz

2008

ZIBB

2003

DAS!

DAS!

1991

DAS!

DAS!

1991

Die Harald Schmidt Show

Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

1979

Zimmer frei!

Zimmer frei!

1996

3 nach 9

1974

Directed(89)

Satanic Sow

2025Satanic Sow

Thirty Years with the Whip

2024Thirty Years with the Whip★ 6.4

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

2022Rex Gildo: The Last Dance★ 4.1

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn

2021Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn

Operndiven - Operntunten

2020Operndiven - Operntunten★ 8.0

Darkroom

2019Darkroom★ 5.4

Friendship of Men

2018Friendship of Men★ 4.3

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

2017Survival in Berlin-Neukölln★ 2.0

ACT! Wer bin ich?

2017ACT! Wer bin ich?★ 8.0

Tough Love

2015Tough Love★ 5.9

Praunheim Memoires

2015Praunheim Memoires

Mario Wirz

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart

2014Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart

2014Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte

Auf der Suche nach Heilern

2014Auf der Suche nach Heilern

King of Comics

2012King of Comics★ 4.5

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012Germans Taste the Best

Rent Boys

2011Rent Boys★ 5.3

New York Memories

2010New York Memories★ 4.8

20 × Brandenburg

201020 × Brandenburg★ 5.0

2009History of Hell★ 1.0

24 Hours Berlin

200924 Hours Berlin★ 9.0

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

2008Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?★ 5.1

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians

2008Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians★ 3.5

2008Der Rosa Riese

2007Six Dead Students

Two Mothers

2007Two Mothers

2007Mit Olga auf der Wolga

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

2005Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis★ 6.1

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze

2005Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze★ 8.0

Your Heart in My Head

2005Your Heart in My Head★ 4.6

2005Who is Helene Schwarz?★ 7.0

2005Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga

2005Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker

2003Charlotte in Sweden★ 8.0

2003Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel

Queens Don’t Cry

2002Queens Don’t Cry★ 4.5

2002Pfui, Rosa!★ 9.0

Cows Knocked Up by Fog

2002Cows Knocked Up by Fog★ 8.0

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

2000The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld★ 5.4

Fassbinder's Women

2000Fassbinder's Women★ 5.3

2000Wonderful Wrodow★ 9.0

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement

1998Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement★ 3.0

Transexual Menace

1996Transexual Menace★ 5.0

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

1995Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity★ 5.3

1994Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff★ 9.0

I Am My Own Woman

1992I Am My Own Woman★ 4.6

1991Ein Mann namens Pis

1991Proud and Gay★ 8.0

Silence = Death

1990Silence = Death★ 5.1

Life Is Like a Cucumber

1990Life Is Like a Cucumber★ 6.7

Positive

1990Positive★ 4.2

Fire Under Your Ass

1990Fire Under Your Ass★ 10.0

1990Die Weisheit

Survival in New York

1989Survival in New York★ 8.0

Anita – Dances of Vice

1988Anita – Dances of Vice★ 4.9

Dolly, Lotte and Maria

1987Dolly, Lotte and Maria★ 9.0

A Virus Knows No Morals

1986A Virus Knows No Morals★ 4.8

Horror Vacui

1984Horror Vacui★ 4.6

City of Lost Souls

1983City of Lost Souls★ 5.7

Red Love

1983Red Love★ 7.0

Our Corpses Are Still Alive

1981Our Corpses Are Still Alive★ 10.0

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

1979Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts★ 4.0

Tally Brown, New York

1979Tally Brown, New York★ 7.5

1979Der 24. Stock★ 7.0

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot

1979Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot★ 7.0

1977George and Mike Kuchar★ 10.0

1977Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen★ 7.0

Underground and Emigrants

1976Underground and Emigrants★ 7.0

Marianne Rosenberg

1976Marianne Rosenberg★ 9.0

I’m an Antistar

1976I’m an Antistar★ 10.0

Berliner Bettwurst

1975Berliner Bettwurst★ 6.5

1974Rosa von Praunheim zeigt★ 7.0

1974Axel von Auersperg★ 10.0

1974Monolog eines Stars★ 9.0

1972Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk★ 10.0

1972Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus★ 10.0

1972Passions★ 10.0

Die Bettwurst

1971Die Bettwurst★ 5.4

1971Homosexuelle in New York★ 10.0

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

1971It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives★ 5.1

1971Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim★ 7.0

Beckett in Berlin

1969Beckett in Berlin★ 7.0

1969Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil★ 5.7

1969Sisters of Revolution★ 7.0

1968Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil★ 7.0

Von Rosa von Praunheim

1968Von Rosa von Praunheim★ 5.8

Acting(80)

2026Mein liebster DokumentarfilmSelf

2025Last Exit Gran CanariaSelf

2025Rosa <3Self (archive footage)

Rosa von Praunheim — Watchpile | Watchpile

2024Hape Kerkeling – Total NormalSelf

2022Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80

2022Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsSelf

2022Rex Gildo: The Last DanceErzähler

2021IsolationSelf

2021Legendär!Self

2021Queer CinemaHimself

2021Meine VäterSelf

2020Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“

2019Chez KrömerSelf

2018Friendship of MenHimself

2017AbendshowSelf

2017My Wonderful West Berlin

2015Desire Will Set You FreeEzra's Agent

2015Praunheim MemoiresSelf

2015VaterMan in Berlin

2014How I Learned to Love the NumbersSelf

2014Mario WirzSelf

2013I Feel Like DiscoRosa von Praunheim

2013PantoffelkinoSelf - Guest

2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

2012I am a PoemSelf

2012RosakinderSelf

2012King of Comics

2011Rent BoysSelf

2011Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterSelf

2009On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema

2008Markus LanzSelf

2008Paris-Berlin, le débatSelf

2007Two Mothers

20070511 TV LokalSelf

2007Here’s Looking at You, BoySelf

2006Das perfekte Promi-DinnerSelf

2005Men, Heroes and Gay NazisSelf

2004Ein bisschen Luft unter die FlügelSelf

2004Im PalaisSelf

2003Menschen bei MaischbergerSelf

2003Charlotte in SwedenSelf

2002Pfui, Rosa!Self

2002Through the Night with...Self

1997NachtstudioSelf

1997Birth of a NationSelf

1997Tietjen und BommesSelf

1996I Was a Jewish Sex WorkerSelf

1996Zimmer frei!Self

1996Transexual MenaceSelf - Interviewer

1995Die Harald Schmidt ShowSelf

1990Fire Under Your Ass

1990PositiveSelf

1990Silence = DeathSelf

1989Survival in New York

1988Anita – Dances of Vice

1987live - die ZDF-talkshowSelf

1987Dolly, Lotte and MariaInterviewer

1986A Virus Knows No MoralsRüdiger Kackinski

1986September SeptemberSelf (archive footage)

1979Tally Brown, New York

1979NDR Talk ShowSelf

1978Bio’s BahnhofSelf

1977George and Mike KucharSelf

1976Underground and EmigrantsSelf

1976Kölner TreffSelf

1975The Enchantment of the Blue SailorsMatrose

19743 nach 9Self

1974Monolog eines Stars

1973Je später der AbendSelf

1972Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk

1972Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972

1968Von Rosa von Praunheim

1964Grimme AwardSelf