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Rosa von Praunheim

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.

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ACTING

Isolation (2021)
Isolation (2021)
George and Mike Kuchar (1977)
George and Mike Kuchar (1977)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Silvo (1967)
Silvo (1967)
Charlotte in Sweden (2003)
Charlotte in Sweden (2003)
Vater (2015)
Vater (2015)
Pfui, Rosa! (2002)
Pfui, Rosa! (2002)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)
Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)
Queer Cinema (2021)
Queer Cinema (2021)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
September September (1986)
September September (1986)
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)
Positive (1990)
Positive (1990)
Silence = Death (1990)
Silence = Death (1990)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 (2022)
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 (2022)
Survival in New York (1989)
Survival in New York (1989)
Two Mothers (2007)
Two Mothers (2007)
The Bite (1984)
The Bite (1984)
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (1975)
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (1975)
Desire Will Set You Free (2015)
Desire Will Set You Free (2015)
My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
Rosakinder (2012)
Rosakinder (2012)
I Feel Like Disco (2013)
I Feel Like Disco (2013)
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker (1996)
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker (1996)
Birth of a Nation (1997)
Birth of a Nation (1997)
Rent Boys (2011)
Rent Boys (2011)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968)
Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968)
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema (2009)
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema (2009)
How I Learned to Love the Numbers (2014)
How I Learned to Love the Numbers (2014)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011)
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011)
King of Comics (2012)
King of Comics (2012)
Darkroom (2019)
Darkroom (2019)
Carla (1968)
Carla (1968)
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ (2020)
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ (2020)
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal (2024)
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal (2024)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel (2004)
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel (2004)
Rosa <3 (2025)
Rosa <3 (2025)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 (1972)
Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 (1972)
Mario Wirz (2014)
Mario Wirz (2014)
Meine Väter (2021)
Meine Väter (2021)
Last Exit Gran Canaria (2025)
Last Exit Gran Canaria (2025)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
I am a Poem (2012)
I am a Poem (2012)
Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008)
Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008)
DAS! (1991)
DAS! (1991)
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (2006)
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (2006)
Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995)
Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995)
ANNE WILL (2007)
ANNE WILL (2007)
Je später der Abend (1973)
Je später der Abend (1973)
Through the Night with... (2002)
Through the Night with... (2002)
Legendär! (2021)
Legendär! (2021)
Bio’s Bahnhof (1978)
Bio’s Bahnhof (1978)
Grimme Award (1964)
Grimme Award (1964)
Chez Krömer (2019)
Chez Krömer (2019)
Zimmer frei! (1996)
Zimmer frei! (1996)
3 nach 9 (1974)
3 nach 9 (1974)
Markus Lanz (2008)
Markus Lanz (2008)
Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)
Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)
Kölner Treff (1976)
Kölner Treff (1976)
DAS! (1991)
DAS! (1991)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
NDR Talk Show (1979)
Im Palais (2004)
Im Palais (2004)
Nachtstudio (1997)
Nachtstudio (1997)
live - die ZDF-talkshow (1987)
live - die ZDF-talkshow (1987)
ZIBB (2003)
ZIBB (2003)
Abendshow (2017)
Abendshow (2017)
Tietjen und Bommes (1997)
Tietjen und Bommes (1997)
0511 TV Lokal (2007)
0511 TV Lokal (2007)
Pantoffelkino (2013)
Pantoffelkino (2013)
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm (2026)
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm (2026)

ART

Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)

CAMERA

Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Red Love (1983)
Red Love (1983)

CREW

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)

DIRECTING

Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Queens Don’t Cry (2002)
Queens Don’t Cry (2002)
Pfui, Rosa! (2002)
Pfui, Rosa! (2002)
Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002)
Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002)
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
Mario Wirz (2014)
Mario Wirz (2014)
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart (2014)
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart (2014)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
Rent Boys (2011)
Rent Boys (2011)
Six Dead Students (2007)
Six Dead Students (2007)
King of Comics (2012)
King of Comics (2012)
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)
City of Lost Souls (1983)
City of Lost Souls (1983)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
History of Hell (2009)
History of Hell (2009)
Red Love (1983)
Red Love (1983)
Silence = Death (1990)
Silence = Death (1990)
New York Memories (2010)
New York Memories (2010)
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Horror Vacui (1984)
Horror Vacui (1984)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005)
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians (2008)
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians (2008)
Positive (1990)
Positive (1990)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte (2014)
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte (2014)
Tough Love (2015)
Tough Love (2015)
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021)
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Die Weisheit (1990)
Die Weisheit (1990)
Beckett in Berlin (1969)
Beckett in Berlin (1969)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Homosexuelle in New York (1971)
Homosexuelle in New York (1971)
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt (1974)
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt (1974)
George and Mike Kuchar (1977)
George and Mike Kuchar (1977)
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen (1977)
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen (1977)
Marianne Rosenberg (1976)
Marianne Rosenberg (1976)
Charlotte in Sweden (2003)
Charlotte in Sweden (2003)
Passions (1972)
Passions (1972)
Two Mothers (2007)
Two Mothers (2007)
Survival in New York (1989)
Survival in New York (1989)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Fassbinder's Women (2000)
Fassbinder's Women (2000)
Ein Mann namens Pis (1991)
Ein Mann namens Pis (1991)
Wonderful Wrodow (2000)
Wonderful Wrodow (2000)
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
(A)lter (A)ction (1968)
(A)lter (A)ction (1968)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement (1998)
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement (1998)
Your Heart in My Head (2005)
Your Heart in My Head (2005)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
ACT! Wer bin ich? (2017)
ACT! Wer bin ich? (2017)
Der Rosa Riese (2008)
Der Rosa Riese (2008)
Mit Olga auf der Wolga (2007)
Mit Olga auf der Wolga (2007)
Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel (2003)
Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel (2003)
Der 24. Stock (1979)
Der 24. Stock (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)
Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005)
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005)
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005)
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005)
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil (1968)
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil (1968)
Darkroom (2019)
Darkroom (2019)
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil (1969)
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil (1969)
Sisters of Revolution (1969)
Sisters of Revolution (1969)
Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968)
Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968)
Neurasia (1969)
Neurasia (1969)
Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014)
Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014)
24 Hours Berlin (2009)
24 Hours Berlin (2009)
20 × Brandenburg (2010)
20 × Brandenburg (2010)
Operndiven - Operntunten (2020)
Operndiven - Operntunten (2020)
Proud and Gay (1991)
Proud and Gay (1991)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
I’m an Antistar (1976)
I’m an Antistar (1976)
Our Corpses Are Still Alive (1981)
Our Corpses Are Still Alive (1981)
Sex und Tod
Sex und Tod
Thirty Years with the Whip (2024)
Thirty Years with the Whip (2024)
Satanic Sow (2025)
Satanic Sow (2025)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971)
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994)
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994)
Germans Taste the Best (2012)
Germans Taste the Best (2012)

EDITING

Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Silence = Death (1990)
Silence = Death (1990)
Positive (1990)
Positive (1990)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
King of Comics (2012)
King of Comics (2012)
Satanic Sow (2025)
Satanic Sow (2025)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
I am a Poem (2012)
I am a Poem (2012)

PRODUCTION

Queens Don’t Cry (2002)
Queens Don’t Cry (2002)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Rent Boys (2011)
Rent Boys (2011)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021)
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Ein Mann namens Pis (1991)
Ein Mann namens Pis (1991)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)
Tough Love (2015)
Tough Love (2015)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
Positive (1990)
Positive (1990)
Darkroom (2019)
Darkroom (2019)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
King of Comics (2012)
King of Comics (2012)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Your Heart in My Head (2005)
Your Heart in My Head (2005)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
I am a Poem (2012)
I am a Poem (2012)

WRITING

Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002)
Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002)
Queens Don’t Cry (2002)
Queens Don’t Cry (2002)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Tally Brown, New York (1979)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Underground and Emigrants (1976)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)
Six Dead Students (2007)
Six Dead Students (2007)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)
City of Lost Souls (1983)
City of Lost Souls (1983)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
Red Love (1983)
Red Love (1983)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
Rent Boys (2011)
Rent Boys (2011)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)
Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)
Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972)
Two Mothers (2007)
Two Mothers (2007)
Survival in New York (1989)
Survival in New York (1989)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)
Positive (1990)
Positive (1990)
Silence = Death (1990)
Silence = Death (1990)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)
Horror Vacui (1984)
Horror Vacui (1984)
Tough Love (2015)
Tough Love (2015)
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)
Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014)
Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
Praunheim Memoires (2015)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Die Bettwurst (1971)
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005)
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005)
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005)
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005)
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005)
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Friendship of Men (2018)
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)
Darkroom (2019)
Darkroom (2019)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
King of Comics (2012)
King of Comics (2012)
Sex und Tod
Sex und Tod
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
Satanic Sow (2025)
Satanic Sow (2025)
New York Memories (2010)
New York Memories (2010)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Axel von Auersperg (1974)
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971)
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Monolog eines Stars (1974)
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994)
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994)
Your Heart in My Head (2005)
Your Heart in My Head (2005)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Transexual Menace (1996)
Thirty Years with the Whip (2024)
Thirty Years with the Whip (2024)