Rosa von Praunheim
Directing
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.
Behind the camera
2025Satanic Sow
Director & Writer
2024Thirty Years with the Whip
Director
2022Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Director & Writer
2021Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
Director
2020Operndiven - Operntunten
Director
2019Darkroom
Director & Screenplay
2018Friendship of Men
Director & Writer
2017Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Director & Writer
2017ACT! Wer bin ich?
Director
2015Tough Love
Director & Writer
2015Praunheim Memoires
Director & Writer
2014Mario Wirz
Director
2014Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart
Director
2014Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Director & Writer
2012King of Comics
Director & Writer
2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Director & Writer
2011Rent Boys
Director & Writer
2010New York Memories
Director & Writer
201020 × Brandenburg
Director
200924 Hours Berlin
Director
2008Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Director & Screenplay
2008Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
Director
2007Two Mothers
Director & Writer
2005Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Director & Writer