Rosa von Praunheim

Directing

Born: 1942-11-25
Died: 2025-12-17
From: Riga, Latvia
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.3

Also Known As

Holger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar Mischwitzky

Biography

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.

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Awards & Nominations1 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Acting55 titles

Directing58 titles

Writing41 titles

Production27 titles

Camera7 titles

Art1 title

Editing12 titles

Crew1 title