Rosa von Praunheim
Directing Born Nov 25, 1942 Died Dec 17, 2025 Riga, Latvia 283 credits
Biography
Rosa von Praunheim works in directing. Born November 25, 1942 in Riga, Latvia. Died December 17, 2025. Archytele lists 283 screen credits below. A full profile for this page is being written and will appear here once verified against sources.
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Frequent co-stars
Christoph Schlingensief
1 shared title
Fatih Akin
1 shared title
Daniel Kehlmann
1 shared title
Lars Eidinger
1 shared title
Till Brönner
1 shared title
Christian Thielemann
1 shared title
Michel Friedman
1 shared title
Hannelore Elsner
1 shared title
Dirk Nowitzki
1 shared title
Franka Potente
1 shared title
Career timeline
Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm
Rosa <3Last Exit Gran CanariaSatanic Sow · DirectorSatanic Sow · WriterSatanic Sow · Editor
Thirty Years with the Whip · DirectorThirty Years with the Whip · AuthorHape Kerkeling – Total Normal
Rex Gildo: The Last DanceRex Gildo: The Last Dance · WriterRex Gildo: The Last Dance · DirectorRex Gildo: The Last Dance · ProducerCome with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Legendär!Meine VäterQueer CinemaIsolationDie Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn · Producer
Operndiven - Operntunten · DirectorSmart Berlin – Der „Stutti“
Chez KrömerDarkroomDarkroom · DirectorDarkroom · ProducerDarkroom · Screenplay
Friendship of MenFriendship of Men · DirectorFriendship of Men · WriterFriendship of Men · Producer
AbendshowSurvival in Berlin-Neukölln · DirectorSurvival in Berlin-Neukölln · WriterSurvival in Berlin-Neukölln · EditorMy Wonderful West Berlin
Desire Will Set You FreeTough Love · DirectorTough Love · ProducerTough Love · WriterVater
Auf der Suche nach Heilern · WriterAuf der Suche nach Heilern · DirectorMario WirzMario Wirz · DirectorHow I Learned to Love the Numbers
PantoffelkinoI Feel Like Disco
I am a PoemI am a Poem · ProducerI am a Poem · EditorGermans Taste the Best · DirectorRosakinder
Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterRent BoysRent Boys · DirectorRent Boys · WriterRent Boys · Producer
New York Memories · DirectorNew York Memories · Writer20 × Brandenburg · Director
History of Hell · Director24 Hours Berlin · DirectorOn the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema
Markus LanzParis-Berlin, le débatCan I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? · DirectorCan I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? · EditorCan I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? · Screenplay
ANNE WILL0511 TV LokalTwo MothersTwo Mothers · WriterTwo Mothers · Director
Das perfekte Promi-Dinner
Men, Heroes and Gay NazisMen, Heroes and Gay Nazis · DirectorMen, Heroes and Gay Nazis · WriterMen, Heroes and Gay Nazis · ProducerYour Heart in My Head · Director
Im PalaisEin bisschen Luft unter die Flügel
ZIBBMenschen bei MaischbergerRatten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel · DirectorCharlotte in SwedenCharlotte in Sweden · Director
Through the Night with...Queens Don’t Cry · DirectorQueens Don’t Cry · ScreenplayQueens Don’t Cry · ProducerPfui, Rosa!
Fassbinder's Women · DirectorThe Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld · DirectorThe Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld · ProducerWonderful Wrodow · Director
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement · Director
NachtstudioTietjen und BommesBirth of a Nation
Zimmer frei!Transexual MenaceTransexual Menace · DirectorTransexual Menace · WriterI Was a Jewish Sex Worker
Die Harald Schmidt ShowNeurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity · DirectorNeurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity · WriterNeurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity · Producer
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff · DirectorMeine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff · Writer
I Am My Own Woman · ScreenplayI Am My Own Woman · DirectorI Am My Own Woman · Producer
Full filmography
- Mein liebster Dokumentarfilm (2026) as Self
- Rosa <3 (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Last Exit Gran Canaria (2025) as Self
- Satanic Sow (2025) Director
- Satanic Sow (2025) Writer
- Satanic Sow (2025) Editor
- Thirty Years with the Whip (2024) Director
- Thirty Years with the Whip (2024) Author
- Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal (2024) as Self
- Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022) as Erzähler
- Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022) Writer
- Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022) Director
- Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022) Producer
- Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors (2022) as Self
- Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80 (2022)
- Legendär! (2021) as Self
- Meine Väter (2021) as Self
- Queer Cinema (2021) as Himself
- Isolation (2021) as Self
- Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021) Producer
- Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021) Director
- Operndiven - Operntunten (2020) Director
- Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ (2020)
- Chez Krömer (2019) as Self
- Darkroom (2019)
- Darkroom (2019) Director
- Darkroom (2019) Producer
- Darkroom (2019) Screenplay
- Friendship of Men (2018) as Himself
- Friendship of Men (2018) Director
- Friendship of Men (2018) Writer
- Friendship of Men (2018) Producer
- Abendshow (2017) as Self
- Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017) Director
- Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017) Writer
- Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017) Editor
- My Wonderful West Berlin (2017)
- ACT! Wer bin ich? (2017) Director
- Desire Will Set You Free (2015) as Ezra's Agent
- Tough Love (2015) Director
- Tough Love (2015) Producer
- Tough Love (2015) Writer
- Vater (2015) as Man in Berlin
- Praunheim Memoires (2015) as Self
- Praunheim Memoires (2015) Producer
- Praunheim Memoires (2015) Writer
- Praunheim Memoires (2015) Director
- Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014) Writer
- Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014) Director
- Mario Wirz (2014) as Self
- Mario Wirz (2014) Director
- How I Learned to Love the Numbers (2014) as Self
- Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte (2014) Director
- Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart (2014) Director
- Pantoffelkino (2013) as Self - Guest
- I Feel Like Disco (2013) as Rosa von Praunheim
- I am a Poem (2012) as Self
- I am a Poem (2012) Producer
- I am a Poem (2012) Editor
- Germans Taste the Best (2012) Director
- Rosakinder (2012) as Self
- Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012)
- Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012) Editor
- Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012) Writer
- Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012) Producer
- Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012) Director
- King of Comics (2012)
- King of Comics (2012) Director
- King of Comics (2012) Editor
- King of Comics (2012) Producer
- King of Comics (2012) Writer
- Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter (2011) as Self
- Rent Boys (2011) as Self
- Rent Boys (2011) Director
- Rent Boys (2011) Writer
- Rent Boys (2011) Producer
- New York Memories (2010) Director
- New York Memories (2010) Writer
- 20 × Brandenburg (2010) Director
- History of Hell (2009) Director
- 24 Hours Berlin (2009) Director
- On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento Cinema (2009)
- Markus Lanz (2008) as Self
- Paris-Berlin, le débat (2008) as Self
- Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008) Director
- Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008) Editor
- Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008) Screenplay
- Der Rosa Riese (2008) Director
- Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians (2008) Director
- ANNE WILL (2007)
- 0511 TV Lokal (2007) as Self
- Two Mothers (2007)
- Two Mothers (2007) Writer
- Two Mothers (2007) Director
- Here’s Looking at You, Boy (2007) as Self
- Six Dead Students (2007) Director
- Six Dead Students (2007) Screenplay
- Mit Olga auf der Wolga (2007) Director
- Das perfekte Promi-Dinner (2006) as Self
- Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005) as Self
- Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005) Director
- Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005) Writer
- Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005) Producer
- Your Heart in My Head (2005) Director
- Your Heart in My Head (2005) Screenplay
- Your Heart in My Head (2005) Producer
- Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005) Writer
- Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005) Director
- Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005) Director
- Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga (2005) Writer
- Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005) Director
- Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze (2005) Writer
- Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005) Director
- Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker (2005) Writer
- Im Palais (2004) as Self
- Ein bisschen Luft unter die Flügel (2004) as Self
- ZIBB (2003) as Self
- Menschen bei Maischberger (2003) as Self
- Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel (2003) Director
- Charlotte in Sweden (2003) as Self
- Charlotte in Sweden (2003) Director
- Through the Night with... (2002) as Self
- Queens Don’t Cry (2002) Director
- Queens Don’t Cry (2002) Screenplay
- Queens Don’t Cry (2002) Producer
- Pfui, Rosa! (2002) as Self
- Pfui, Rosa! (2002) Director
- Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002) Screenplay
- Cows Knocked Up by Fog (2002) Director
- Fassbinder's Women (2000) Director
- The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000) Director
- The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000) Producer
- Wonderful Wrodow (2000) Director
- Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement (1998) Director
- Nachtstudio (1997) as Self
- Tietjen und Bommes (1997) as Self
- Birth of a Nation (1997) as Self
- Zimmer frei! (1996) as Self
- Transexual Menace (1996) as Self - Interviewer
- Transexual Menace (1996) Director
- Transexual Menace (1996) Writer
- I Was a Jewish Sex Worker (1996) as Self
- Die Harald Schmidt Show (1995) as Self
- Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995) Director
- Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995) Writer
- Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995) Producer
- Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994) Director
- Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994) Writer
- I Am My Own Woman (1992) Screenplay
- I Am My Own Woman (1992) Director
- I Am My Own Woman (1992) Producer
- DAS! (1991)
- DAS! (1991) as Self
- Ein Mann namens Pis (1991) Producer
- Ein Mann namens Pis (1991) Director
- Proud and Gay (1991) Director
- Die Weisheit (1990) Director
- Silence = Death (1990) as Self
- Silence = Death (1990) Director
- Silence = Death (1990) Writer
- Silence = Death (1990) Editor
- Positive (1990) as Self
- Positive (1990) Director
- Positive (1990) Writer
- Positive (1990) Editor
- Positive (1990) Producer
- Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990) Director
- Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990) Writer
- Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990) Producer
- Fire Under Your Ass (1990)
- Fire Under Your Ass (1990) Director
- Fire Under Your Ass (1990) Writer
- Fire Under Your Ass (1990) Producer
- Survival in New York (1989)
- Survival in New York (1989) Director
- Survival in New York (1989) Writer
- Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)
- Anita – Dances of Vice (1988) Director
- Anita – Dances of Vice (1988) Writer
- Anita – Dances of Vice (1988) Editor
- Anita – Dances of Vice (1988) Producer
- live - die ZDF-talkshow (1987) as Self
- Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987) as Interviewer
- Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987) Producer
- Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987) Director
- Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987) Writer
- A Virus Knows No Morals (1986) as Rüdiger Kackinski
- A Virus Knows No Morals (1986) Producer
- A Virus Knows No Morals (1986) Writer
- A Virus Knows No Morals (1986) Director
- September September (1986) as Self (archive footage)
- The Bite (1984)
- Horror Vacui (1984) Director
- Horror Vacui (1984) Writer
- City of Lost Souls (1983) Director
- City of Lost Souls (1983) Writer
- Red Love (1983) Director
- Red Love (1983) Writer
- Red Love (1983) Director of Photography
- Our Corpses Are Still Alive (1981) Director
- NDR Talk Show (1979) as Self
- Tally Brown, New York (1979)
- Tally Brown, New York (1979) Writer
- Tally Brown, New York (1979) Producer
- Tally Brown, New York (1979) Editor
- Tally Brown, New York (1979) Director of Photography
- Tally Brown, New York (1979) Director
- Der 24. Stock (1979) Director
- Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) Editor
- Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) Producer
- Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) Cinematography
- Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) Writer
- Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979) Director
- Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979) Camera Operator
- Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979) Director
- Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979) Writer
- Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979) Producer
- Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979) Editor
- Bio’s Bahnhof (1978) as Self
- Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen (1977) Director
- George and Mike Kuchar (1977) as Self
- George and Mike Kuchar (1977) Director
- Kölner Treff (1976) as Self
- Marianne Rosenberg (1976) Director
- Underground and Emigrants (1976) as Self
- Underground and Emigrants (1976) Director of Photography
- Underground and Emigrants (1976) Producer
- Underground and Emigrants (1976) Writer
- Underground and Emigrants (1976) Director
- I’m an Antistar (1976) Director
- The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (1975) as Matrose
- Berliner Bettwurst (1975) Producer
- Berliner Bettwurst (1975) Writer
- Berliner Bettwurst (1975) Director
- Berliner Bettwurst (1975) Director of Photography
- 3 nach 9 (1974) as Self
- Axel von Auersperg (1974) Director
- Axel von Auersperg (1974) Editor
- Axel von Auersperg (1974) Producer
- Axel von Auersperg (1974) Writer
- Rosa von Praunheim zeigt (1974) Director
- Monolog eines Stars (1974)
- Monolog eines Stars (1974) Director
- Monolog eines Stars (1974) Writer
- Monolog eines Stars (1974) Director of Photography
- Monolog eines Stars (1974) Editor
- Je später der Abend (1973) as Self
- Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972)
- Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972) Director of Photography
- Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972) Writer
- Grotesk – Burlesk – Pittoresk (1972) Director
- Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972) Producer
- Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972) Editor
- Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972) Director
- Was die Rechte nicht sieht, kommt erst recht aus dem Ohr heraus (1972) Writer
- Passions (1972) Director
- Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 (1972)
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Director
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Editor
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Director of Photography
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Writer
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Producer
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Art Direction
- Die Bettwurst (1971) Unit Manager
- It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) Director of Photography
- It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) Writer
- It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) Director
- Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971) Director
- Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim (1971) Writer
- Homosexuelle in New York (1971) Director
- Neurasia (1969) Assistant Director
- Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil (1969) Director
- Beckett in Berlin (1969) Director
- Sisters of Revolution (1969) Director
- Carla (1968)
- Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil (1968) Director
- (A)lter (A)ction (1968) Assistant Director
- Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968)
- Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968) Director
- Silvo (1967) as Self
- Grimme Award (1964) as Self
- Sex und Tod Writer
- Sex und Tod Director