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Rosa von Praunheim

Director

Rosa von Praunheim

Directing
1971 — 1983 · 2 films
Lived
25 November 1942 — d. 2025
From
Riga, Latvia

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.

Career Signature

How Rosa von Praunheim’s filmography reads.

Five of Perfery’s 75 vibes, averaged across every film they directed.