Cast & creator
Rosa von Praunheim
Best known for DAS!, DAS!, Markus Lanz
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: Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky
261
film credits
27
television credits
82
1964–2026 · acting roles
6.5
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (288)
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DAS!
1991DAS!
Self
1991
Markus Lanz
Self
2008ZIBB
Self
2003
Die Harald Schmidt Show
Self
1995
NDR Talk Show
Self
1979
Kölner Treff
Self
19763 nach 9
Self
1974
Zimmer frei!
Self
1996Menschen bei Maischberger
Self
2003Tietjen und Bommes
Self
1997Grimme Award
Self
1964
ANNE WILL
2007
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
Self
2006
Through the Night with...
Self
2002Nachtstudio
Self
1997Abendshow
Self
2017Bio’s Bahnhof
Self
1978
Legendär!
Self
2021Im Palais
Self
2004Je später der Abend
Self
1973Pantoffelkino
Self - Guest
2013
Chez Krömer
Self
2019live - die ZDF-talkshow
Self
1987Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Self
2026Paris-Berlin, le débat
Self
2008
Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Writer
2014Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Director
20140511 TV Lokal
Self
2007
The Bite
1984
Friendship of Men
Himself
2018Friendship of Men
Director
2018Friendship of Men
Writer
2018Friendship of Men
Producer
2018
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Director
2000The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
Producer
2000
Die Bettwurst
Director
1971Die Bettwurst
Editor
1971Die Bettwurst
Director of Photography
1971Die Bettwurst
Writer
1971Die Bettwurst
Producer
1971Die Bettwurst
Art Direction
1971Die Bettwurst
Unit Manager
1971
Thirty Years with the Whip
Director
2024Thirty Years with the Whip
Author
2024
I Feel Like Disco
Rosa von Praunheim
2013
Birth of a Nation
Self
1997
Meine Väter
Self
2021Pfui, Rosa!
Self
2002Pfui, Rosa!
Director
2002
Rosa <3
Self (archive footage)
2025
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Director
2008Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Editor
2008Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Screenplay
2008
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Self
2005Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Director
2005Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Writer
2005Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Producer
2005
Marianne Rosenberg
Director
1976
Here’s Looking at You, Boy
Self
2007Die Weisheit
Director
1990History of Hell
Director
2009
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement
Director
1998
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Director
1995Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Writer
1995Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Producer
1995
Tally Brown, New York
1979Tally Brown, New York
Writer
1979Tally Brown, New York
Producer
1979Tally Brown, New York
Editor
1979Tally Brown, New York
Director of Photography
1979Tally Brown, New York
Director
1979
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Erzähler
2022Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Writer
2022Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Director
2022Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Producer
2022
Neurasia
Assistant Director
1969
Positive
Self
1990Positive
Director
1990Positive
Writer
1990Positive
Editor
1990Positive
Producer
1990
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Self
2022
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
Self
2011
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Self
2024
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
Self
1996
Desire Will Set You Free
Ezra's Agent
2015
Fassbinder's Women
Director
2000
Silvo
Self
1967
City of Lost Souls
Director
1983City of Lost Souls
Writer
1983Wonderful Wrodow
Director
2000
Survival in New York
1989Survival in New York
Director
1989Survival in New York
Writer
1989
King of Comics
2012King of Comics
Director
2012King of Comics
Editor
2012King of Comics
Producer
2012King of Comics
Writer
2012
Your Heart in My Head
Director
2005Your Heart in My Head
Screenplay
2005Your Heart in My Head
Producer
2005
24 Hours Berlin
Director
2009
Operndiven - Operntunten
Director
2020
I Am My Own Woman
Screenplay
1992I Am My Own Woman
Director
1992I Am My Own Woman
Producer
1992
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Director of Photography
1971It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Writer
1971It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
Director
1971
On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
2009
Carla
1968
Transexual Menace
Self - Interviewer
1996Transexual Menace
Director
1996Transexual Menace
Writer
1996
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Editor
1979Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Producer
1979Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Cinematography
1979Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Writer
1979Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Director
1979
Queens Don’t Cry
Director
2002Queens Don’t Cry
Screenplay
2002Queens Don’t Cry
Producer
2002
I am a Poem
Self
2012I am a Poem
Producer
2012I am a Poem
Editor
2012Who is Helene Schwarz?
Writer
2005Who is Helene Schwarz?
Director
2005
How I Learned to Love the Numbers
Self
2014
Life Is Like a Cucumber
Director
1990Life Is Like a Cucumber
Writer
1990Life Is Like a Cucumber
Producer
1990
Two Mothers
2007Two Mothers
Writer
2007Two Mothers
Director
2007
Rent Boys
Self
2011Rent Boys
Director
2011Rent Boys
Writer
2011Rent Boys
Producer
2011Germans Taste the Best
Director
2012
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
Director
2008
Darkroom
2019Darkroom
Director
2019Darkroom
Producer
2019Darkroom
Screenplay
2019Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
Self
2004
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Camera Operator
1979Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Director
1979Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Writer
1979Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Producer
1979Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Editor
1979
Anita – Dances of Vice
1988Anita – Dances of Vice
Director
1988Anita – Dances of Vice
Writer
1988Anita – Dances of Vice
Editor
1988Anita – Dances of Vice
Producer
1988
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Editor
2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Writer
2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Producer
2012Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Director
2012Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
1972Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Director of Photography
1972Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Writer
1972Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk
Director
1972Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil
Director
1968Rosa von Praunheim zeigt
Director
1974
Mario Wirz
Self
2014Mario Wirz
Director
2014
A Virus Knows No Morals
Rüdiger Kackinski
1986A Virus Knows No Morals
Producer
1986A Virus Knows No Morals
Writer
1986A Virus Knows No Morals
Director
1986Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen
Director
1977Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff
Director
1994Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff
Writer
1994Ein Mann namens Pis
Producer
1991Ein Mann namens Pis
Director
1991
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
Matrose
1975Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil
Director
1969
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Director
2017Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Writer
2017Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Editor
2017
My Wonderful West Berlin
2017Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
Director
2005Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga
Writer
2005(A)lter (A)ction
Assistant Director
1968
Tough Love
Director
2015Tough Love
Producer
2015Tough Love
Writer
2015Axel von Auersperg
Director
1974Axel von Auersperg
Editor
1974Axel von Auersperg
Producer
1974Axel von Auersperg
Writer
1974
Isolation
Self
2021
Our Corpses Are Still Alive
Director
1981
Cows Knocked Up by Fog
Screenplay
2002Cows Knocked Up by Fog
Director
2002Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Producer
1972Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Editor
1972Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Director
1972Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus
Writer
1972Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
2020Six Dead Students
Director
2007Six Dead Students
Screenplay
2007
Underground and Emigrants
Self
1976Underground and Emigrants
Director of Photography
1976Underground and Emigrants
Producer
1976Underground and Emigrants
Writer
1976Underground and Emigrants
Director
1976Sex und Tod
Writer
Sex und Tod
Director
ACT! Wer bin ich?
Director
2017
Satanic Sow
Director
2025Satanic Sow
Writer
2025Satanic Sow
Editor
2025Monolog eines Stars
1974Monolog eines Stars
Director
1974Monolog eines Stars
Writer
1974Monolog eines Stars
Director of Photography
1974Monolog eines Stars
Editor
1974Der 24. Stock
Director
1979Der Rosa Riese
Director
2008
Horror Vacui
Director
1984Horror Vacui
Writer
1984
Red Love
Director
1983Red Love
Writer
1983Red Love
Director of Photography
1983
Rosakinder
Self
2012Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte
Director
2014George and Mike Kuchar
Self
1977George and Mike Kuchar
Director
1977
Fire Under Your Ass
1990Fire Under Your Ass
Director
1990Fire Under Your Ass
Writer
1990Fire Under Your Ass
Producer
1990
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
Producer
2021Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
Director
2021
Silence = Death
Self
1990Silence = Death
Director
1990Silence = Death
Writer
1990Silence = Death
Editor
1990Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim
Director
1971Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim
Writer
1971
Last Exit Gran Canaria
Self
2025
Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80
2022
Von Rosa von Praunheim
1968Von Rosa von Praunheim
Director
1968
New York Memories
Director
2010New York Memories
Writer
2010Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
Director
2005Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker
Writer
2005Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972
1972
Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Interviewer
1987Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Producer
1987Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Director
1987Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Writer
1987Homosexuelle in New York
Director
1971
Praunheim Memoires
Self
2015Praunheim Memoires
Producer
2015Praunheim Memoires
Writer
2015Praunheim Memoires
Director
2015
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
Director
2005Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
Writer
2005
Berliner Bettwurst
Producer
1975Berliner Bettwurst
Writer
1975Berliner Bettwurst
Director
1975Berliner Bettwurst
Director of Photography
1975
September September
Self (archive footage)
1986
I’m an Antistar
Director
1976Charlotte in Sweden
Self
2003Charlotte in Sweden
Director
2003
20 × Brandenburg
Director
2010Mit Olga auf der Wolga
Director
2007
Beckett in Berlin
Director
1969Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel
Director
2003
Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart
Director
2014Sisters of Revolution
Director
1969Proud and Gay
Director
1991Passions
Director
1972
Queer Cinema
Himself
2021Vater
Man in Berlin
2015Axel und Peter - Titten für Arsch
Director
2012Axel und Peter - Titten für Arsch
Writer
2012Axel und Peter - Titten für Arsch
Producer
2012Axel und Peter - Titten für Arsch
Editor
2012What Is the Relationship Between Rosa von Praunheim and the Male Strippers in San Francisco?
Self
1990