Directing

Rosa von Praunheim

Born 1942-11-25

Riga, Latvia

Department: Directing

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

Prominent works featuring Rosa von Praunheim

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Markus Lanz

2008

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DAS!

1991

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

1995

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Kölner Treff

1976

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NDR Talk Show

1979

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Zimmer frei!

1996

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ANNE WILL

2007

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Das perfekte Promi-Dinner

2006

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Through the Night with...

2002

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Legendär!

2021

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Filmography & Credits

Complete career catalog (283 titles)

Title	Character / Role	Type	Year
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm	Self	TV Series	2026
Satanic Sow	Director	Movie	2025
Satanic Sow	Writer	Movie	2025
Satanic Sow	Editor	Movie	2025
Last Exit Gran Canaria	Self	Movie	2025
Rosa <3	Self (archive footage)	Movie	2025
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal	Self	Movie	2024
Thirty Years with the Whip	Director	Movie	2024
Thirty Years with the Whip	Author	Movie	2024
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80	Self / Appearance	Movie	2022
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors	Self	Movie	2022
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance	Erzähler	Movie	2022
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance	Writer	Movie	2022
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance	Director	Movie	2022
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance	Producer	Movie	2022
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn	Director	Movie	2021
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn	Producer	Movie	2021
Isolation	Self	Movie	2021
Legendär!	Self	TV Series	2021
Queer Cinema	Himself	Movie	2021
Meine Väter	Self	Movie	2021
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“	Self / Appearance	Movie	2020
Operndiven - Operntunten	Director	Movie	2020
Chez Krömer	Self	TV Series	2019
Darkroom	Self / Appearance	Movie	2019
Darkroom	Director	Movie	2019
Darkroom	Screenplay	Movie	2019
Darkroom	Producer	Movie	2019
Friendship of Men	Himself	Movie	2018
Friendship of Men	Director	Movie	2018
Friendship of Men	Writer	Movie	2018
Friendship of Men	Producer	Movie	2018
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln	Director	Movie	2017
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln	Writer	Movie	2017
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln	Editor	Movie	2017
Abendshow	Self	TV Series	2017
ACT! Wer bin ich?	Director	Movie	2017
My Wonderful West Berlin	Self / Appearance	Movie	2017
Desire Will Set You Free	Ezra's Agent	Movie	2015
Tough Love	Director	Movie	2015
Tough Love	Writer	Movie	2015
Tough Love	Producer	Movie	2015
Praunheim Memoires	Self	Movie	2015
Praunheim Memoires	Writer	Movie	2015
Praunheim Memoires	Producer	Movie	2015
Praunheim Memoires	Director	Movie	2015
Vater	Man in Berlin	Movie	2015
How I Learned to Love the Numbers	Self	Movie	2014
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte	Director	Movie	2014
Auf der Suche nach Heilern	Writer	Movie	2014
Auf der Suche nach Heilern	Director	Movie	2014
Mario Wirz	Self	Movie	2014
Mario Wirz	Director	Movie	2014
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart	Director	Movie	2014
I Feel Like Disco	Rosa von Praunheim	Movie	2013
Pantoffelkino	Self - Guest	TV Series	2013
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim	Self / Appearance	Movie	2012
I am a Poem	Self	Movie	2012
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim	Writer	Movie	2012
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim	Producer	Movie	2012
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim	Editor	Movie	2012
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim	Director	Movie	2012
I am a Poem	Producer	Movie	2012
I am a Poem	Editor	Movie	2012
Rosakinder	Self	Movie	2012
Germans Taste the Best	Director	Movie	2012
King of Comics	Self / Appearance	Movie	2012
King of Comics	Director	Movie	2012
King of Comics	Writer	Movie	2012
King of Comics	Editor	Movie	2012
King of Comics	Producer	Movie	2012
Rent Boys	Self	Movie	2011
Rent Boys	Director	Movie	2011
Rent Boys	Writer	Movie	2011
Rent Boys	Producer	Movie	2011
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter	Self	Movie	2011
20 × Brandenburg	Director	Movie	2010
New York Memories	Director	Movie	2010
New York Memories	Writer	Movie	2010
History of Hell	Director	Movie	2009
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema	Self / Appearance	Movie	2009
24 Hours Berlin	Director	Movie	2009
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?	Director	Movie	2008
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?	Editor	Movie	2008
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?	Screenplay	Movie	2008
Markus Lanz	Self	TV Series	2008
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians	Director	Movie	2008
Paris-Berlin, le débat	Self	TV Series	2008
Der Rosa Riese	Director	Movie	2008
Six Dead Students	Screenplay	Movie	2007
Six Dead Students	Director	Movie	2007
Two Mothers	Self / Appearance	Movie	2007
Two Mothers	Director	Movie	2007
Two Mothers	Writer	Movie	2007
Mit Olga auf der Wolga	Director	Movie	2007
ANNE WILL	Self / Appearance	TV Series	2007
0511 TV Lokal	Self	TV Series	2007
Here’s Looking at You, Boy	Self	Movie	2007
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner	Self	TV Series	2006
Your Heart in My Head	Director	Movie	2005
Your Heart in My Head	Screenplay	Movie	2005
Your Heart in My Head	Producer	Movie	2005
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis	Self	Movie	2005
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis	Director	Movie	2005
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis	Writer	Movie	2005
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis	Producer	Movie	2005
Who is Helene Schwarz?	Writer	Movie	2005
Who is Helene Schwarz?	Director	Movie	2005
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga	Director	Movie	2005
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga	Writer	Movie	2005
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker	Director	Movie	2005
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker	Writer	Movie	2005
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze	Director	Movie	2005
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze	Writer	Movie	2005
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel	Self	Movie	2004
Im Palais	Self	TV Series	2004
ZIBB	Self	TV Series	2003
Menschen bei Maischberger	Self	TV Series	2003
Charlotte in Sweden	Self	Movie	2003
Charlotte in Sweden	Director	Movie	2003
Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel	Director	Movie	2003
Pfui, Rosa!	Self	Movie	2002
Pfui, Rosa!	Director	Movie	2002
Cows Knocked Up by Fog	Screenplay	Movie	2002
Cows Knocked Up by Fog	Director	Movie	2002
Through the Night with...	Self	TV Series	2002
Queens Don’t Cry	Screenplay	Movie	2002
Queens Don’t Cry	Producer	Movie	2002
Queens Don’t Cry	Director	Movie	2002
Fassbinder's Women	Director	Movie	2000
Wonderful Wrodow	Director	Movie	2000
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld	Director	Movie	2000
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld	Producer	Movie	2000
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement	Director	Movie	1998
Nachtstudio	Self	TV Series	1997
Birth of a Nation	Self	Movie	1997
Tietjen und Bommes	Self	TV Series	1997
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker	Self	Movie	1996
Zimmer frei!	Self	TV Series	1996
Transexual Menace	Self - Interviewer	Movie	1996
Transexual Menace	Director	Movie	1996
Transexual Menace	Writer	Movie	1996
Die Harald Schmidt Show	Self	TV Series	1995
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity	Director	Movie	1995
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity	Writer	Movie	1995
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity	Producer	Movie	1995
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff	Director	Movie	1994
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff	Writer	Movie	1994
I Am My Own Woman	Screenplay	Movie	1992
I Am My Own Woman	Director	Movie	1992
I Am My Own Woman	Producer	Movie	1992
Proud and Gay	Director	Movie	1991
Ein Mann namens Pis	Director	Movie	1991
Ein Mann namens Pis	Producer	Movie	1991
DAS!	Self / Appearance	TV Series	1991
DAS!	Self	TV Series	1991
Life Is Like a Cucumber	Director	Movie	1990
Life Is Like a Cucumber	Writer	Movie	1990
Life Is Like a Cucumber	Producer	Movie	1990
Fire Under Your Ass	Self / Appearance	Movie	1990
Fire Under Your Ass	Director	Movie	1990
Fire Under Your Ass	Writer	Movie	1990
Fire Under Your Ass	Producer	Movie	1990
Positive	Self	Movie	1990
Positive	Director	Movie	1990
Positive	Writer	Movie	1990
Positive	Producer	Movie	1990
Positive	Editor	Movie	1990
Silence = Death	Self	Movie	1990
Silence = Death	Director	Movie	1990
Silence = Death	Writer	Movie	1990
Silence = Death	Editor	Movie	1990
Die Weisheit	Director	Movie	1990
Survival in New York	Self / Appearance	Movie	1989
Survival in New York	Director	Movie	1989
Survival in New York	Writer	Movie	1989
Anita – Dances of Vice	Self / Appearance	Movie	1988
Anita – Dances of Vice	Writer	Movie	1988
Anita – Dances of Vice	Director	Movie	1988
Anita – Dances of Vice	Editor	Movie	1988
Anita – Dances of Vice	Producer	Movie	1988
live - die ZDF-talkshow	Self	TV Series	1987
Dolly, Lotte and Maria	Interviewer	Movie	1987
Dolly, Lotte and Maria	Director	Movie	1987
Dolly, Lotte and Maria	Writer	Movie	1987
Dolly, Lotte and Maria	Producer	Movie	1987
A Virus Knows No Morals	Rüdiger Kackinski	Movie	1986
A Virus Knows No Morals	Producer	Movie	1986
A Virus Knows No Morals	Writer	Movie	1986
A Virus Knows No Morals	Director	Movie	1986
September September	Self (archive footage)	Movie	1986
Horror Vacui	Director	Movie	1984
Horror Vacui	Writer	Movie	1984
The Bite	Self / Appearance	Movie	1984
Red Love	Writer	Movie	1983
Red Love	Director	Movie	1983
Red Love	Director of Photography	Movie	1983
City of Lost Souls	Writer	Movie	1983
City of Lost Souls	Director	Movie	1983
Our Corpses Are Still Alive	Director	Movie	1981
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot	Camera Operator	Movie	1979
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot	Director	Movie	1979
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot	Writer	Movie	1979
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot	Producer	Movie	1979
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot	Editor	Movie	1979
Der 24. Stock	Director	Movie	1979
Tally Brown, New York	Self / Appearance	Movie	1979
Tally Brown, New York	Writer	Movie	1979
Tally Brown, New York	Producer	Movie	1979
Tally Brown, New York	Editor	Movie	1979
Tally Brown, New York	Director of Photography	Movie	1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts	Editor	Movie	1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts	Writer	Movie	1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts	Producer	Movie	1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts	Cinematography	Movie	1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts	Director	Movie	1979
Tally Brown, New York	Director	Movie	1979
NDR Talk Show	Self	TV Series	1979
Bio’s Bahnhof	Self	TV Series	1978
George and Mike Kuchar	Self	Movie	1977
George and Mike Kuchar	Director	Movie	1977
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen	Director	Movie	1977
I’m an Antistar	Director	Movie	1976
Underground and Emigrants	Self	Movie	1976
Underground and Emigrants	Director of Photography	Movie	1976
Underground and Emigrants	Producer	Movie	1976
Underground and Emigrants	Writer	Movie	1976
Underground and Emigrants	Director	Movie	1976
Kölner Treff	Self	TV Series	1976
Marianne Rosenberg	Director	Movie	1976
Berliner Bettwurst	Director	Movie	1975
Berliner Bettwurst	Writer	Movie	1975
Berliner Bettwurst	Producer	Movie	1975
Berliner Bettwurst	Director of Photography	Movie	1975
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors	Matrose	Movie	1975
3 nach 9	Self	TV Series	1974
Axel von Auersperg	Director	Movie	1974
Axel von Auersperg	Editor	Movie	1974
Axel von Auersperg	Producer	Movie	1974
Axel von Auersperg	Writer	Movie	1974
Monolog eines Stars	Self / Appearance	Movie	1974
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt	Director	Movie	1974
Monolog eines Stars	Director	Movie	1974
Monolog eines Stars	Writer	Movie	1974
Monolog eines Stars	Director of Photography	Movie	1974
Monolog eines Stars	Editor	Movie	1974
Je später der Abend	Self	TV Series	1973
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus	Editor	Movie	1972
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus	Producer	Movie	1972
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus	Director	Movie	1972
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus	Writer	Movie	1972
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk	Self / Appearance	Movie	1972
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk	Director of Photography	Movie	1972
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk	Director	Movie	1972
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk	Writer	Movie	1972
Passions	Director	Movie	1972
Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972	Self / Appearance	Movie	1972
Die Bettwurst	Director of Photography	Movie	1971
Die Bettwurst	Editor	Movie	1971
Die Bettwurst	Director	Movie	1971
Die Bettwurst	Writer	Movie	1971
Die Bettwurst	Producer	Movie	1971
Die Bettwurst	Art Direction	Movie	1971
Die Bettwurst	Unit Manager	Movie	1971
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives	Director	Movie	1971
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives	Writer	Movie	1971
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives	Director of Photography	Movie	1971
Homosexuelle in New York	Director	Movie	1971
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim	Director	Movie	1971
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim	Writer	Movie	1971
Sisters of Revolution	Director	Movie	1969
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil	Director	Movie	1969
Neurasia	Assistant Director	Movie	1969
Beckett in Berlin	Director	Movie	1969
Carla	Self / Appearance	Movie	1968
(A)lter (A)ction	Assistant Director	Movie	1968
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil	Director	Movie	1968
Von Rosa von Praunheim	Self / Appearance	Movie	1968
Von Rosa von Praunheim	Director	Movie	1968
Silvo	Self	Movie	1967
Grimme Award	Self	TV Series	1964
Sex und Tod	Writer	Movie	—
Sex und Tod	Director	Movie	—