Rosa von Praunheim
DirectingNovember 25, 1942— December 17, 2025 (age 83)
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.
Movies
(53 total)
I Feel Like Disco
20135.5
as Rosa von Praunheim
Rent Boys
20115.3
as Self
Desire Will Set You Free
20154.5
as Ezra's Agent
Silence = Death
19904.8
as Self
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
20224.1
as Erzähler
Positive
19903.4
as Self
Rosakinder
20125.2
as Self
A Virus Knows No Morals
19863.8
as Rüdiger Kackinski
Birth of a Nation
19976.3
as Self
Friendship of Men
20184.3
as Himself
TV Shows
(27 total)
Markus Lanz
20085.5
as Self
Zimmer frei!
19966.3
as Self
Chez Krömer
20197.3
as Self
DAS!
19914.2
as Self
NDR Talk Show
19796.5
as Self
Kölner Treff
19766.0
as Self
Legendär!
2021
as Self