Rosa von Praunheim - Actor Profile

Rosa von Praunheim

Directing
50Total Films
9.0 Highest Rated
Born: Nov 25, 1942
Birth Place: Riga, Latvia

About Rosa von Praunheim

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.

Best Rosa von Praunheim Movies Ranked

Must-watch hits from Rosa von Praunheim's career based on audience ratings.

★9.0
How I Learned to Love the Numbers (2014) movie poster
★9.0

How I Learned to Love the Numbers — A New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). The

How I Learned to Love the Numbers

2014•Documentary
★8.3
Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal (2024) movie poster
★8.3

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal — To mark the 60th birthday of the multi-talented comedian, singer and author Hape Kerkeling, the two documentary filmmake

Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

2024•Documentary
★8.0
Survival in New York (1989) movie poster
★8.0

Survival in New York — Rosa von Praunheim follows the lives and existential struggles of three contrasting German emigrant women in New York Ci

Survival in New York

1989•Documentary
★6.3
My Wonderful West Berlin (2017) movie poster
★6.3

My Wonderful West Berlin — MY WONDERFUL WEST BERLIN recounts the lives and struggles of gay men in West-Berlin. Through present-day scenes and neve

My Wonderful West Berlin

2017•Documentary
★6.3
Birth of a Nation (1997) movie poster
★6.3

Birth of a Nation — Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captur

Birth of a Nation

1997•Documentary

Complete Filmography & Success Status

Tracking the career evolution and box office verdicts of Rosa von Praunheim.

YearMovieCharacterSuccessMore
2025 Rosa <3 Himself (archive footage) Flop Similar →
2024 Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal Self Super Hit Similar →
2022 Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 - Flop Similar →
2022 Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Self Flop Similar →
2022 Rex Gildo: The Last Dance Erzähler Flop Similar →
2021 Isolation Self Flop Similar →
2021 Queer Cinema Himself Flop Similar →
2020 Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ - Flop Similar →
2019 Darkroom - Flop Similar →
2018 Friendship of Men Himself Flop Similar →
2017 My Wonderful West Berlin - Average Similar →
2015 Desire Will Set You Free - Flop Similar →
2015 Praunheim Memoires Self Flop Similar →
2015 Vater Man in Berlin Flop Similar →
2014 How I Learned to Love the Numbers Self Super Hit Similar →
2014 Mario Wirz Self Flop Similar →
2013 I Feel Like Disco Rosa von Praunheim Average Similar →
2012 Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim - Flop Similar →
2012 Rosakinder Self Flop Similar →
2012 King of Comics - Flop Similar →
2011 Rent Boys Self Flop Similar →
2011 Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter Self Average Similar →
2009 On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema - Flop Similar →
2007 Two Mothers - Flop Similar →
2007 Here’s Looking at You, Boy Self Flop Similar →
2005 Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis Self Average Similar →
2004 Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel Self Flop Similar →
2003 Charlotte in Sweden Self Flop Similar →
2002 Pfui, Rosa! Self Flop Similar →
1997 Birth of a Nation Self Average Similar →
1996 I Was a Jewish Sex Worker - Flop Similar →
1996 Transexual Menace Self - Interviewer Flop Similar →
1990 Fire Under Your Ass - Flop Similar →
1990 Positive Self Flop Similar →
1990 Silence = Death Self Flop Similar →
1989 Survival in New York - Super Hit Similar →
1988 Anita – Dances of Vice - Flop Similar →
1987 Dolly, Lotte and Maria Interviewer Flop Similar →
1986 A Virus Knows No Morals Rüdiger Kackinski Flop Similar →
1986 September September Self (archive footage) Flop Similar →
1984 The Bite - Flop Similar →
1979 Tally Brown, New York - Flop Similar →
1977 George and Mike Kuchar Self Flop Similar →
1976 Underground and Emigrants Self Flop Similar →
1975 The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors Matrose Flop Similar →
1972 Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk - Flop Similar →
1972 Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 - Flop Similar →
1968 Carla - Flop Similar →
1968 Von Rosa von Praunheim - Flop Similar →
1967 Silvo Self Flop Similar →

Rosa von Praunheim - Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best movie of Rosa von Praunheim?

According to audience ratings, the best movie starring Rosa von Praunheim is "How I Learned to Love the Numbers" with a rating of 9.0/10.

How many movies has Rosa von Praunheim acted in?

Rosa von Praunheim has been featured in at least 50 major films throughout their career.

What are some other popular movies by Rosa von Praunheim?

Other notable films include "Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal", "Survival in New York", and "My Wonderful West Berlin".