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Rosa von Praunheim

Directing • 1942-11-25 • 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.

Known For

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

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

1971

Darkroom

Darkroom

2019

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

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

2000

Tough Love

Tough Love

2015

Rent Boys

Rent Boys

2011

The Bed Sausage

The Bed Sausage

1971

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Filmography

2025
Satanic SowFilm
Director
2024
Thirty Years with the WhipFilm
Director
★ 6.4
2022
Rex Gildo: The Last DanceFilm
Director
★ 4.1
2021
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame SohnFilm
Director
2020
Operndiven - OperntuntenFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2019
DarkroomFilm
Director
★ 5.4
2018
Friendship of MenFilm
Director
★ 4.3
2017
ACT! Wer bin ich?Film
Director
★ 8.0
2017
Survival in Berlin-NeuköllnFilm
Director
★ 2.0
2015
Tough LoveFilm
Director
★ 5.9
2015
Praunheim MemoiresFilm
Director
2014
Auf der Suche nach HeilernFilm
Director
2014
Hitler und Jesus – eine LiebesgeschichteFilm
Director
2014
Laura – Das Juwel von StuttgartFilm
Director
2014
Mario WirzFilm
Director
2012
King of ComicsFilm
Director
★ 4.5
2012
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimFilm
Director
2012
Axel und Peter - Titten für ArschFilm
Director
2012
Germans Taste the BestFilm
Director
2011
Rent BoysFilm
Director
★ 5.4
2010
New York MemoriesFilm
Director
★ 5.2
2010
20 × BrandenburgFilm
Director
★ 5.0
2009
24 Hours BerlinFilm
Director
★ 9.0
2009
History of HellFilm
Director
★ 1.0
2008
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?Film
Director
★ 4.7
2008
Dead Gay Men and Living LesbiansFilm
Director
★ 4.4
2008
Der Rosa RieseFilm
Director
2007
Two MothersFilm
Director
2007
Six Dead StudentsFilm
Director
2007
Mit Olga auf der WolgaFilm
Director
2005
Men, Heroes and Gay NazisFilm
Director
★ 5.9
2005
Your Heart in My HeadFilm
Director
★ 4.6
2005
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter SchwarzeFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2005
Who is Helene Schwarz?Film
Director
★ 7.0
2005
Schwein gehabt – Joe LugaFilm
Director
2005
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht BeckerFilm
Director
2003
Charlotte in SwedenFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2003
Ratten 07 – Im Berliner DschungelFilm
Director
2002
Pfui, Rosa!Film
Director
★ 8.5
2002
Queens Don’t CryFilm
Director
★ 4.5
2002
Cows Knocked Up by FogFilm
Director
★ 8.0
2000
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. HirschfeldFilm
Director
★ 5.5
2000
Fassbinder's WomenFilm
Director
★ 5.3
2000
Wonderful WrodowFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1998
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay MovementFilm
Director
★ 3.0
1996
Transexual MenaceFilm
Director
★ 5.0
1995
Neurosia: Fifty Years of PerversityFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1994
Meine Oma hatte einen NazipuffFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1992
I Am My Own WomanFilm
Director
★ 4.6
1991
Proud and GayFilm
Director
★ 8.0
1991
Ein Mann namens PisFilm
Director
1990
Silence = DeathFilm
Director
★ 5.1
1990
PositiveFilm
Director
★ 4.2
1990
Life Is Like a CucumberFilm
Director
★ 6.7
1990
Fire Under Your AssFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1990
Die WeisheitFilm
Director
1989
Survival in New YorkFilm
Director
★ 8.2
1988
Anita – Dances of ViceFilm
Director
★ 4.9
1987
Dolly, Lotte and MariaFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1986
A Virus Knows No MoralsFilm
Director
★ 4.8
1984
Horror VacuiFilm
Director
★ 4.6
1983
City of Lost SoulsFilm
Director
★ 5.3
1983
Red LoveFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1981
Our Corpses Are Still AliveFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1979
Tally Brown, New YorkFilm
Director
★ 7.5
1979
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the PervertsFilm
Director
★ 4.0
1979
Death Magazine: or How to Be a FlowerpotFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1979
Der 24. StockFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1977
George and Mike KucharFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1977
Sigrid Gräfin von RichthofenFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1976
I’m an AntistarFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1976
Marianne RosenbergFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1976
Underground and EmigrantsFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1975
Berliner BettwurstFilm
Director
★ 6.5
1974
Axel von AuerspergFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1974
Monolog eines StarsFilm
Director
★ 9.0
1974
Rosa von Praunheim zeigtFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1972
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr herausFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1972
Grotesk – Burlesk – PittoreskFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1972
PassionsFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1971
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He LivesFilm
Director
★ 5.4
1971
The Bed SausageFilm
Director
★ 5.4
1971
Homosexuelle in New YorkFilm
Director
★ 10.0
1971
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von PraunheimFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1969
NeurasiaFilm
Assistant Director
★ 6.9
1969
Sisters of RevolutionFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1969
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. TeilFilm
Director
★ 5.7
1969
Beckett in BerlinFilm
Director
★ 7.0
1968
Von Rosa von PraunheimFilm
Director
★ 5.8
1968
(A)lter (A)ctionFilm
Assistant Director
★ 8.0
1968
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. TeilFilm
Director
★ 7.0