Rosa von Praunheim

Personal Info

Known For

Directing

Known Credits

79

Gender

Male

Birthday

1942-11-25

Day of death

2025-12-17 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Riga, Latvia

Rosa von Praunheim

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

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • DAS!

    DAS!

  • DAS!

    DAS!

  • Markus Lanz

    Markus Lanz

  • ZIBB

    ZIBB

  • Die Harald Schmidt Show

    Die Harald Schmidt Show

  • Kölner Treff

    Kölner Treff

  • 3 nach 9

    3 nach 9

  • Grimme Award

    Grimme Award

  • Through the Night with...

    Through the Night with...

  • Zimmer frei!

    Zimmer frei!

  • ANNE WILL

    ANNE WILL

  • Praunheim Memoires

    Praunheim Memoires

  • Tietjen und Bommes

    Tietjen und Bommes

  • September September

    September September

  • Rosakinder

    Rosakinder

  • Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

    Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis

  • Menschen bei Maischberger

    Menschen bei Maischberger

  • Pfui, Rosa!

    Pfui, Rosa!

  • Mario Wirz

    Mario Wirz

  • Friendship of Men

    Friendship of Men

  • Rosa <3

    Rosa <3

  • Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

  • Carla

    Carla

  • Nachtstudio

    Nachtstudio

  • Das perfekte Promi-Dinner

    Das perfekte Promi-Dinner

  • Vater

    Vater

  • Abendshow

    Abendshow

  • Silvo

    Silvo

  • I Feel Like Disco

    I Feel Like Disco

  • Je später der Abend

    Je später der Abend

  • Im Palais

    Im Palais

  • Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk

    Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk

  • Bio’s Bahnhof

    Bio’s Bahnhof

  • Transexual Menace

    Transexual Menace

  • Queer Cinema

    Queer Cinema

  • Meine Väter

    Meine Väter

  • Chez Krömer

    Chez Krömer

  • live - die ZDF-talkshow

    live - die ZDF-talkshow

  • Legendär!

    Legendär!

  • I Was a Jewish Sex Worker

    I Was a Jewish Sex Worker

  • Two Mothers

    Two Mothers

  • 0511 TV Lokal

    0511 TV Lokal

  • Darkroom

    Darkroom

  • Paris-Berlin, le débat

    Paris-Berlin, le débat

  • Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

  • Rent Boys

    Rent Boys

  • Here’s Looking at You, Boy

    Here’s Looking at You, Boy

  • Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

  • How I Learned to Love the Numbers

    How I Learned to Love the Numbers

  • Anita – Dances of Vice

    Anita – Dances of Vice

  • On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema

    On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema

  • Positive

    Positive

  • Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

    Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

  • Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

    Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

  • Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

  • Pantoffelkino

    Pantoffelkino

  • The Bite

    The Bite

  • Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

  • Fire Under Your Ass

    Fire Under Your Ass

  • Isolation

    Isolation

  • Underground and Emigrants

    Underground and Emigrants

  • Tally Brown, New York

    Tally Brown, New York

  • Monolog eines Stars

    Monolog eines Stars

  • Last Exit Gran Canaria

    Last Exit Gran Canaria

  • Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

    Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

  • Dolly, Lotte and Maria

    Dolly, Lotte and Maria

  • Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80

    Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80

  • Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel

    Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel

  • The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

    The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors

  • Survival in New York

    Survival in New York

  • My Wonderful West Berlin

    My Wonderful West Berlin

  • Charlotte in Sweden

    Charlotte in Sweden

  • A Virus Knows No Morals

    A Virus Knows No Morals

  • King of Comics

    King of Comics

  • Von Rosa von Praunheim

    Von Rosa von Praunheim

  • Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“

    Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“

  • George and Mike Kuchar

    George and Mike Kuchar

  • 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