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.
Filmography
Last Exit Gran Canaria
as Self
Last Exit Gran Canaria
as Self
Rosa <3
as Self (archive footage)
Rosa <3
as Self (archive footage)
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
as Self
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
as Self
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
as Erzähler
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
as Erzähler
Isolation
as Self
Isolation
as Self
Queer Cinema
as Himself
Queer Cinema
as Himself
Meine Väter
as Self
Meine Väter
as Self
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
Darkroom
Darkroom
Friendship of Men
as Himself
Friendship of Men
as Himself
My Wonderful West Berlin
My Wonderful West Berlin
Desire Will Set You Free
as Ezra's Agent
Desire Will Set You Free
as Ezra's Agent
Praunheim Memoires
as Self
Praunheim Memoires
as Self
Vater
as Man in Berlin
Vater
as Man in Berlin
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
as Self
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
as Self
Mario Wirz
as Self
Mario Wirz
as Self
I Feel Like Disco
as Rosa von Praunheim
I Feel Like Disco
as Rosa von Praunheim
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
I am a Poem
as Self
I am a Poem
as Self
Rosakinder
as Self
Rosakinder
as Self
King of Comics
King of Comics
Rent Boys
as Self
Rent Boys
as Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
as Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
as Self
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
Two Mothers
Two Mothers
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
as Self
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
as Self
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
as Self
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
as Self
Charlotte in Sweden
as Self
Charlotte in Sweden
as Self
Pfui, Rosa!
as Self
Pfui, Rosa!
as Self
Birth of a Nation
as Self
Birth of a Nation
as Self
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
as Self
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
as Self
Transexual Menace
as Self - Interviewer
Transexual Menace
as Self - Interviewer
Fire Under Your Ass
Fire Under Your Ass
Positive
as Self
Positive
as Self
Silence = Death
as Self
Silence = Death
as Self
Survival in New York
Survival in New York
Anita – Dances of Vice
Anita – Dances of Vice
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
as Interviewer
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
as Interviewer
A Virus Knows No Morals
as Rüdiger Kackinski
A Virus Knows No Morals
as Rüdiger Kackinski
September September
as Self (archive footage)
September September
as Self (archive footage)
The Bite
The Bite
Tally Brown, New York
Tally Brown, New York
George and Mike Kuchar
as Self
George and Mike Kuchar
as Self
Underground and Emigrants
as Self
Underground and Emigrants
as Self
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
as Matrose
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
as Matrose
Monolog eines Stars
Monolog eines Stars
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
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
Carla
Carla
Von Rosa von Praunheim
Von Rosa von Praunheim
Silvo
as Self
Silvo
as Self