
Rosa von Praunheim
- Date of Birth: 1942-11-25
- Place of Birth: Riga, Latvia
Biography
Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, is a German film director, author, painter and the most famous gay rights activist in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. A prolific ... Rosa von Praunheim, born Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky, is 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.

Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972
• 1972 January

September September
Documentary • 1986 January

Tietjen und Bommes
Talk • 1997 February

Carla
• 1968 October

Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
Documentary • 2020 December

Fire Under Your Ass
Documentary • 1990 May

Nachtstudio
Talk • 1997 September

Bio’s Bahnhof
Talk • 1978 February

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Documentary • 2012 October

Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Documentary • 1987 February