
Also known as: Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky
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.
Directing
November 25, 1942
December 17, 2025
83 years old
Riga, Latvia
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Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self

Rosa <3
Self (archive footage)

Last Exit Gran Canaria
Self

Satanic Sow
Director

Satanic Sow
Writer

Satanic Sow
Editor

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Self

Thirty Years with the Whip
Director

Thirty Years with the Whip
Author

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Erzähler

Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self

Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Writer

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Director

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Producer

Isolation
Self

Queer Cinema
Himself

Meine Väter
Self

Legendär!
Self

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
Producer

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
Director
Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“

Operndiven - Operntunten
Director

Darkroom

Chez Krömer
Self

Darkroom
Director

Darkroom
Producer

Darkroom
Screenplay

Friendship of Men
Himself

Friendship of Men
Director

Friendship of Men
Writer

Friendship of Men
Producer

My Wonderful West Berlin
Abendshow
Self

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Director

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Writer

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Editor

ACT! Wer bin ich?
Director
Vater
Man in Berlin

Desire Will Set You Free
Ezra's Agent

Praunheim Memoires
Self

Tough Love
Director

Tough Love
Producer

Tough Love
Writer

Praunheim Memoires
Producer

Praunheim Memoires
Writer

Praunheim Memoires
Director

How I Learned to Love the Numbers
Self

Mario Wirz
Self

Mario Wirz
Director

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart
Director
Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte
Director

Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Writer

Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Director

I Feel Like Disco
Rosa von Praunheim
Pantoffelkino
Self - Guest

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

Rosakinder
Self

King of Comics

I am a Poem
Self

King of Comics
Director

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Editor

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Writer

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Producer

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Director

King of Comics
Editor

King of Comics
Producer

King of Comics
Writer
Germans Taste the Best
Director

I am a Poem
Producer

I am a Poem
Editor

Rent Boys
Self

Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self

Rent Boys
Director

Rent Boys
Writer

Rent Boys
Producer

New York Memories
Director

20 × Brandenburg
Director

New York Memories
Writer

On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
History of Hell
Director

24 Hours Berlin
Director
Paris-Berlin, le débat
Self

Markus Lanz
Self

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Director

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Editor

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
Director
Der Rosa Riese
Director

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Screenplay

Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self

Two Mothers

ANNE WILL
0511 TV Lokal
Self
Six Dead Students
Director
Six Dead Students
Screenplay

Two Mothers
Writer

Two Mothers
Director
Mit Olga auf der Wolga
Director

Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
Self

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Self

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Director

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
Director
Who is Helene Schwarz?
Writer

Your Heart in My Head
Director

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Writer

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Producer
Who is Helene Schwarz?
Director

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
Writer
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
Director
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
Director
Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
Writer
Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
Writer

Your Heart in My Head
Screenplay

Your Heart in My Head
Producer
Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
Self
Im Palais
Self
Charlotte in Sweden
Self
Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
ZIBB
Self
Charlotte in Sweden
Director
Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel
Director
Pfui, Rosa!
Self

Through the Night with...
Self

Cows Knocked Up by Fog
Screenplay

Queens Don’t Cry
Director

Queens Don’t Cry
Screenplay
Pfui, Rosa!
Director

Queens Don’t Cry
Producer

Cows Knocked Up by Fog
Director

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Director

Fassbinder's Women
Director
Wonderful Wrodow
Director

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Producer

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement
Director

Birth of a Nation
Self
Nachtstudio
Self
Tietjen und Bommes
Self

I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
Self

Transexual Menace
Self - Interviewer

Zimmer frei!
Self

Transexual Menace
Director

Transexual Menace
Writer

Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Director

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Writer

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Producer
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff
Director
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff
Writer

I Am My Own Woman
Screenplay

I Am My Own Woman
Director

I Am My Own Woman
Producer

DAS!
Ein Mann namens Pis
Producer
Ein Mann namens Pis
Director
Proud and Gay
Director

Fire Under Your Ass

Positive
Self

Silence = Death
Self

Silence = Death
Director

Life Is Like a Cucumber
Director

Positive
Director

Fire Under Your Ass
Director
Die Weisheit
Director

Positive
Writer

Silence = Death
Writer

Fire Under Your Ass
Writer

Fire Under Your Ass
Producer

Silence = Death
Editor

Positive
Editor

Life Is Like a Cucumber
Writer

Life Is Like a Cucumber
Producer

Positive
Producer

Survival in New York

Survival in New York
Director

Survival in New York
Writer

Anita – Dances of Vice

Anita – Dances of Vice
Director

Anita – Dances of Vice
Writer

Anita – Dances of Vice
Editor

Anita – Dances of Vice
Producer

Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Interviewer
live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self

Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Producer

Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Director

Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Writer

September September
Self (archive footage)

A Virus Knows No Morals
Rüdiger Kackinski

A Virus Knows No Morals
Producer

A Virus Knows No Morals
Writer

A Virus Knows No Morals
Director

The Bite

Horror Vacui
Director

Horror Vacui
Writer

City of Lost Souls
Director

City of Lost Souls
Writer

Red Love
Director

Red Love
Writer

Red Love
Director of Photography

Our Corpses Are Still Alive
Director

Tally Brown, New York

NDR Talk Show
Self

Tally Brown, New York
Writer

Tally Brown, New York
Producer

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Editor

Tally Brown, New York
Editor

Tally Brown, New York
Director of Photography

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Producer

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Cinematography

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Writer

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Camera Operator

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Director

Tally Brown, New York
Director
Der 24. Stock
Director

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Director

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Writer

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Producer

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Editor
Bio’s Bahnhof
Self
George and Mike Kuchar
Self
George and Mike Kuchar
Director
Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen
Director

Underground and Emigrants
Self

Kölner Treff
Self

Underground and Emigrants
Director of Photography

Underground and Emigrants
Producer

Underground and Emigrants
Writer

Underground and Emigrants
Director

Marianne Rosenberg
Director

I’m an Antistar
Director

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
Matrose

Berliner Bettwurst
Producer

Berliner Bettwurst
Writer

Berliner Bettwurst
Director

Berliner Bettwurst
Director of Photography
Monolog eines Stars
3 nach 9
Self
Rosa von Praunheim zeigt
Director
Axel von Auersperg
Director
Axel von Auersperg
Editor
Axel von Auersperg
Producer
Axel von Auersperg
Writer
Monolog eines Stars
Director
Monolog eines Stars
Writer
Monolog eines Stars
Director of Photography
Monolog eines Stars
Editor
Je später der Abend
Self
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Director of Photography
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Producer
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Writer
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Editor
Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Director
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Director
Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Writer
Passions
Director

Die Bettwurst
Director

Die Bettwurst
Editor

Die Bettwurst
Director of Photography
Homosexuelle in New York
Director

Die Bettwurst
Writer

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Director of Photography

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Writer

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Director
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim
Director
Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim
Writer

Die Bettwurst
Producer

Die Bettwurst
Art Direction

Die Bettwurst
Unit Manager

Beckett in Berlin
Director
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil
Director
Sisters of Revolution
Director

Neurasia
Assistant Director

Von Rosa von Praunheim

Carla
(A)lter (A)ction
Assistant Director
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil
Director

Von Rosa von Praunheim
Director

Silvo
Self
Grimme Award
Self
Sex und Tod
Writer
Sex und Tod
Director