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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Isolation
as Self
2021
George and Mike Kuchar
as Self
1977
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
as Erzähler
2022
Silvo
as Self
1967
Charlotte in Sweden
as Self
2003
Vater
as Man in Berlin
2015
Pfui, Rosa!
as Self
2002
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
as Self
2005
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
as Self
2007
Queer Cinema
as Himself
2021
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2012
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
as Interviewer
1987
Fire Under Your Ass
1990
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
1972
September September
as Self (archive footage)
1986
Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
as Self
2022
Positive
as Self
1990
Silence = Death
as Self
1990
Underground and Emigrants
as Self
1976
Tally Brown, New York
1979
TV Appearances
Paris-Berlin, le débat
as Self
2008
DAS!
1991
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
as Self
2006
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self
1995
ANNE WILL
2007
Je später der Abend
as Self
1973
Through the Night with...
as Self
2002
Legendär!
as Self
2021
Bio’s Bahnhof
as Self
1978
Grimme Award
as Self
1964
Chez Krömer
as Self
2019
Zimmer frei!
as Self
1996