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Rosa von Praunheim

Known for: Directing

Biography: 1942-11-25 (82 years old)

Biography

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.

Filmography

all 131

Movies 108

Director 57

self 49

TV Shows 23

Producer 4

Narrator 1

Himself

Rosa von Praunheim

Biography

Filmography

all 131

Movies 108

Director 57

self 49

TV Shows 23

Producer 4

Narrator 1

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal (2024)

Dreißig Jahre an der Peitsche (2024)

Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 (2022)

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022)

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021)

Isolation (2021)

Legendär! (2021)

Queer Cinema (2021)

Smart Berlin: Der "Stutti" (2020)

Operndiven - Operntunten (2020)

Chez Krömer (2019)

Darkroom (2019)

Friendship of Men (2018)

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)

Abendshow (2017)

ACT! Wer bin ich? (2017)

My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)

Desire Will Set You Free (2015)

Tough Love (2015)

Praunheim Memoires (2015)

Vater (2015)

How I Learned to Love the Numbers (2014)

Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte (2014)

Somewhere Over The Rainbow (2014)

Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014)

Mario Wirz (2014)

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart (2014)

I Feel Like Disco (2013)

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012)

Rosakinder (2012)

King of Comics (2012)

Rent Boys (2011)

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011)

20 × Brandenburg (2010)

New York Memories (2010)

History of Hell (2009)

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

24 Hours Berlin (2009)

Markus Lanz (2008)

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians (2008)

Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008)

Rosa Riese (2008)

Six Dead Students (2007)

Two Mothers (2007)

Mit Olga auf der Wolga (2007)

ANNE WILL (2007)

Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007)

Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (2006)

Your Heart in My Head (2005)

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)

Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)

Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005)

Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005)

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005)

Im Palais (2004)

ZIBB (2003)

Menschen bei Maischberger (2003)

Ratten 07 - Im Berliner Dschungel (2003)

Charlotte in Sweden (2003)

Pfui, Rosa! (2002)

Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002)

Through the Night with... (2002)

Queens Don’t Cry (2002)

Fassbinder’s Women (2000)

Wonderful Wrodow (2000)

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2000)

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement (1998)

Nachtstudio (1997)

Known For
Directing

Gender
Male

Birthday
1942-11-25 (82 years old)

Birth Place
Riga, Latvia

Citizenships
Germany

Awards
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany