Rosa von Praunheim
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- November 25, 1942
- Died
- December 17, 2025
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvia
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.
Filmography
- Sex und Tod
Sex und Tod TBA
Writer, Director
- Would You Care for Me?
Would You Care for Me? TBA
as Rosa von Praunheim
Satanic Sow 2025
Director, Writer, Editor
Last Exit Gran Canaria 2025
as Self
Rosa <3 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal 2024
as Self
Thirty Years with the Whip 2024
Director, Author
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 2022
Actor
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors 2022
as Self
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance 2022
as Erzähler, Writer, Director, Producer
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn 2021
Producer, Director
Isolation 2021
as Self
Queer Cinema 2021
as Himself
Meine Väter 2021
as Self
- Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ 2020
Actor
Operndiven - Operntunten 2020
Director
Darkroom 2019
as Schlafender in S-Bahn, Director, Producer, Screenplay
Friendship of Men 2018
as Himself, Director, Writer, Producer
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln 2017
Director, Writer, Editor
ACT! Wer bin ich? 2017
Director
My Wonderful West Berlin 2017
Actor
Desire Will Set You Free 2015
as Ezra's Agent
Tough Love 2015
Director, Producer, Writer
Praunheim Memoires 2015
as Self, Producer, Writer, Director
- Vater
Vater 2015
as Man in Berlin
How I Learned to Love the Numbers 2014
as Self
- Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte 2014
Director
Auf der Suche nach Heilern 2014
Writer, Director
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart 2014
Director
Mario Wirz 2014
as Self, Director
I Feel Like Disco 2013
as Rosa von Praunheim
- Axel und Peter - Titten für Arsch
Axel und Peter - Titten für Arsch 2012
Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
I am a Poem 2012
as Self, Producer, Editor
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim 2012
Actor, Editor, Writer, Producer, Director
Rosakinder 2012
as Self
- Germans Taste the Best
Germans Taste the Best 2012
Director
King of Comics 2012
Actor, Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
Rent Boys 2011
as Self, Director, Writer, Producer
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter 2011
as Self
20 × Brandenburg 2010
Director
New York Memories 2010
Director, Writer
- History of Hell
History of Hell 2009
Director
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema 2009
Actor
24 Hours Berlin 2009
Director
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? 2008
Director, Editor, Screenplay
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians 2008
Director
- Der Rosa Riese
Der Rosa Riese 2008
Director
- Six Dead Students
Six Dead Students 2007
Director, Screenplay
Two Mothers 2007
Actor, Writer, Director
- Mit Olga auf der Wolga
Mit Olga auf der Wolga 2007
Director
Here’s Looking at You, Boy 2007
as Self
Your Heart in My Head 2005
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis 2005
as Self, 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 2005
Director, Writer
- Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel 2004
as Self
- Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel
Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel 2003
Director
- Charlotte in Sweden
Charlotte in Sweden 2003
as Self, Director
Cows Knocked Up by Fog 2002
Screenplay, Director
- Pfui, Rosa!
Pfui, Rosa! 2002
as Self, Director
Queens Don’t Cry 2002
Director, Screenplay, Producer
Fassbinder's Women 2000
Director
- Wonderful Wrodow
Wonderful Wrodow 2000
Director
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld 2000
Director, Producer
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement 1998
Director
Birth of a Nation 1997
as Self
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker 1996
as Self
Transexual Menace 1996
as Self - Interviewer, Director, Writer
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity 1995
Director, Writer, Producer
- Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff 1994
Director, Writer
I Am My Own Woman 1992
Screenplay, Director, Producer
- Proud and Gay
Proud and Gay 1991
Director
- Ein Mann namens Pis
Ein Mann namens Pis 1991
Producer, Director
Life Is Like a Cucumber 1990
Director, Writer, Producer
Fire Under Your Ass 1990
Actor, Director, Writer, Producer
Positive 1990
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Silence = Death 1990
as Self, Director, Writer, Editor
- Die Weisheit
Die Weisheit 1990
Director
What Is the Relationship Between Rosa von Praunheim and the Male Strippers in San Francisco? 1990
as Self
Survival in New York 1989
Actor, Director, Writer
Anita – Dances of Vice 1988
Actor, Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Dolly, Lotte and Maria 1987
as Interviewer, Producer, Director, Writer
A Virus Knows No Morals 1986
as Rüdiger Kackinski, Producer, Writer, Director
September September 1986
as Self (archive footage)
Horror Vacui 1984
Director, Writer
The Bite 1984
Actor
Red Love 1983
Director, Writer, Director of Photography
City of Lost Souls 1983
Director, Writer
Our Corpses Are Still Alive 1981
Director
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot 1979
Camera Operator, Director, Writer, Producer, Editor
- Der 24. Stock
Der 24. Stock 1979
Director
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts 1979
Editor, Producer, Cinematography, Writer, Director
Tally Brown, New York 1979
Actor, Writer, Producer, Editor, Director of Photography, Director
- Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen 1977
Director
- George and Mike Kuchar
George and Mike Kuchar 1977
as Self, Director
I’m an Antistar 1976
Director
Underground and Emigrants 1976
as Self, Director of Photography, Producer, Writer, Director
Marianne Rosenberg 1976
Director
Berliner Bettwurst 1975
Producer, Writer, Director, Director of Photography
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors 1975
as Matrose
- Axel von Auersperg
Axel von Auersperg 1974
Director, Editor, Producer, Writer
- Rosa von Praunheim zeigt
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt 1974
Director
- Monolog eines Stars
Monolog eines Stars 1974
Actor, Director, Writer, Director of Photography, Editor
- 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
Actor, Director of Photography, Writer, Director
- Passions
Passions 1972
Director
- Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972
Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 1972
Actor
The Bed Sausage 1971
Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Writer, Producer, Art Direction, Unit Manager
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives 1971
Director of Photography, Writer, Director
- Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim 1971
Director, Writer
- Homosexuelle in New York
Homosexuelle in New York 1971
Director
- Sisters of Revolution
Sisters of Revolution 1969
Director
Neurasia 1969
Assistant Director
- Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil 1969
Director
Beckett in Berlin 1969
Director
Carla 1968
Actor
- (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 1968
Actor, Director
Silvo 1967
as Self
Credits from TMDB.