Rosa von Praunheim
Known for Directing · 80 credits
- Born
- 1942-11-25
- Died
- 2025-12-17
- Place of birth
- Riga, Latvia
- Also known as
- Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky
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
TV Shows (26)
ZIBB
2003
as Self
Markus Lanz
2008
as Self
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self
DAS!
1991
as Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Kölner Treff
1976
as Self
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
Tietjen und Bommes
1997
as Self
Zimmer frei!
1996
as Self
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
2006
as Self
Abendshow
2017
as Self
ANNE WILL
2007
Nachtstudio
1997
as Self
Through the Night with...
2002
as Self
0511 TV Lokal
2007
as Self
Bio’s Bahnhof
1978
as Self
Je später der Abend
1973
as Self
live - die ZDF-talkshow
1987
as Self
Chez Krömer
2019
as Self
Im Palais
2004
as Self
Paris-Berlin, le débat
2008
as Self
Pantoffelkino
2013
as Self - Guest
Legendär!
2021
as Self
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
2026
as Self
Movies (54)
The Bite
1984
Friendship of Men
2018
as Himself
Rosa <3
2025
as Self (archive footage)
Pfui, Rosa!
2002
as Self
Transexual Menace
1996
as Self - Interviewer
Survival in New York
1989
I Feel Like Disco
2013
as Rosa von Praunheim
Two Mothers
2007
Meine Väter
2021
as Self
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
2011
as Self
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
2005
as Self
Silvo
1967
as Self
I am a Poem
2012
as Self
Carla
1968
Positive
1990
as Self
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
1996
as Self
Birth of a Nation
1997
as Self
Mario Wirz
2014
as Self
Silence = Death
1990
as Self
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
2007
as Self
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
1972
A Virus Knows No Morals
1986
as Rüdiger Kackinski
King of Comics
2012
Desire Will Set You Free
2015
as Ezra's Agent
Rent Boys
2011
as Self
Tally Brown, New York
1979
Fire Under Your Ass
1990
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
2004
as Self
Rosakinder
2012
as Self
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
1975
as Matrose
Anita – Dances of Vice
1988
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
2022
as Erzähler
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
2022
as Self
Darkroom
2019
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
2024
as Self
Von Rosa von Praunheim
1968
Monolog eines Stars
1974
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2012
Last Exit Gran Canaria
2025
as Self
September September
1986
as Self (archive footage)
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
2014
as Self
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
2020
Queer Cinema
2021
as Himself
Isolation
2021
as Self
My Wonderful West Berlin
2017
Underground and Emigrants
1976
as Self
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80
2022
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2009
George and Mike Kuchar
1977
as Self
Vater
2015
as Man in Berlin
Praunheim Memoires
2015
as Self
Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972
1972
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
1987
as Interviewer
Charlotte in Sweden
2003
as Self
About 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. With 80 credits spanning from 1964 to 2026, Rosa von Praunheim has appeared in 54 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Rosa von Praunheim Movies
- The Bite (1984)
- Friendship of Men (2018) — as Himself
- Rosa <3 (2025) — as Self (archive footage)
- Pfui, Rosa! (2002) — as Self
- Transexual Menace (1996) — as Self - Interviewer
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