Portrait of Rosa von Praunheim

Directing

Rosa von Praunheim

Career

Active from 1968 to 2025, busiest in 2005 with 6 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score59/100
Highest rated
Poster for Rent Boys
Rent Boys
GoodWatch score73/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 6 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.3 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Rosa von Praunheim Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Wholesome
    2.0, average 3.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Fantasy
    0.7, average 1.7
  • Wonder
    2.3, average 3.4

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 6
  • German Cinema 5
  • Historical Context 3
  • Political Commentary 3
  • AIDS Crisis 2
  • Documentary 2
  • AIDS Epidemic 2
  • Dark Humor 2
  • Satire 2
  • Berlin 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

100
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

2 titles
Would You Care for Me?
Would You Care for Me?

as Rosa von Praunheim

Sex und Tod
Sex und Tod

Writer, Director

2020s

5 titles · average score 56
Satanic Sow
Satanic Sow (2025)

Director, Writer

Thirty Years with the Whip
Thirty Years with the Whip (2024)

Author, Director

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance (2022)
GoodWatch score 56

as Erzähler

Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn
Die Nachtigall – Der grausame Sohn (2021)

Producer, Director

Operndiven - Operntunten
Operndiven - Operntunten (2020)

Director

2010s

21 titles · average score 57
Darkroom
Darkroom (2019)
GoodWatch score 51

as Schlafender in S-Bahn

Friendship of Men
Friendship of Men (2018)

Producer, Director

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
Survival in Berlin-Neukölln (2017)

Director, Writer

ACT! Wer bin ich?
ACT! Wer bin ich? (2017)

Director

Tough Love
Tough Love (2015)
GoodWatch score 63

Director, Writer

Desire Will Set You Free
Desire Will Set You Free (2015)
GoodWatch score 35

as Ezra's Agent

Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Auf der Suche nach Heilern (2014)

Writer, Director

I Feel Like Disco
I Feel Like Disco (2013)
GoodWatch score 64

as Rosa von Praunheim

King of Comics
King of Comics (2012)

Producer, Editor

Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim (2012)

Writer, Producer

Rent Boys
Rent Boys (2011)
GoodWatch score 73

Writer, Producer

New York Memories
New York Memories (2010)

Director, Writer

2000s

23 titles · average score 56
24 Hours Berlin
24 Hours Berlin (2009)

Director

History of Hell
History of Hell (2009)

Director

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please? (2008)
GoodWatch score 49

Director, Editor

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians
Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians (2008)

Director

Two Mothers
Two Mothers (2007)

Writer, Director

Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis
Men, Heroes and Gay Nazis (2005)

Writer, Producer

Your Heart in My Head
Your Heart in My Head (2005)

Producer, Director

Who is Helene Schwarz?
Who is Helene Schwarz? (2005)

Director, Writer

Pfui, Rosa!
Pfui, Rosa! (2002)

Director

Queens Don’t Cry
Queens Don’t Cry (2002)

Producer, Screenplay

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld (2000)
GoodWatch score 57

Director, Producer

Fassbinder's Women
Fassbinder's Women (2000)
GoodWatch score 64

Director

1990s

13 titles · average score 65
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement
Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement (1998)

Director

Transexual Menace
Transexual Menace (1996)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity (1995)

Writer, Director

Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff
Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff (1994)

Director, Writer

I Am My Own Woman
I Am My Own Woman (1992)
GoodWatch score 64

Producer, Director

DAS!
DAS! (1991)

TV show · as Self

Proud and Gay
Proud and Gay (1991)

Director

Ein Mann namens Pis
Ein Mann namens Pis (1991)

Producer, Director

Positive
Positive (1990)

Producer, Director

Silence = Death
Silence = Death (1990)

Editor, Director

Life Is Like a Cucumber
Life Is Like a Cucumber (1990)

Director, Producer

Fire Under Your Ass
Fire Under Your Ass (1990)

Director, Producer

1980s

8 titles · average score 66
Survival in New York
Survival in New York (1989)

Writer, Director

Anita – Dances of Vice
Anita – Dances of Vice (1988)

Director, Producer

Dolly, Lotte and Maria
Dolly, Lotte and Maria (1987)

as Interviewer

A Virus Knows No Morals
A Virus Knows No Morals (1986)

as Rüdiger Kackinski

Horror Vacui
Horror Vacui (1984)

Director, Writer

City of Lost Souls
City of Lost Souls (1983)
GoodWatch score 66

Director, Writer

Red Love
Red Love (1983)

Director of Photography, Director

Our Corpses Are Still Alive
Our Corpses Are Still Alive (1981)

Director

1970s

21 titles · average score 59
Tally Brown, New York
Tally Brown, New York (1979)

Director, Writer

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts (1979)

Director, Producer

Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot
Death Magazine: or How to Be a Flowerpot (1979)

Editor, Camera Operator

George and Mike Kuchar
George and Mike Kuchar (1977)

Director

Marianne Rosenberg
Marianne Rosenberg (1976)

Director

I’m an Antistar
I’m an Antistar (1976)

Director

The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors
The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (1975)

as Matrose

Berliner Bettwurst
Berliner Bettwurst (1975)

Director of Photography, Writer

Passions
Passions (1972)

Director

It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography, Writer

The Bed Sausage
The Bed Sausage (1971)
GoodWatch score 58

Unit Manager, Producer

Homosexuelle in New York
Homosexuelle in New York (1971)

Director

1960s

7 titles
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 2. Teil (1969)

Director

Sisters of Revolution
Sisters of Revolution (1969)

Director

Neurasia
Neurasia (1969)

Assistant Director

Beckett in Berlin
Beckett in Berlin (1969)

Director

Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil
Rosa Arbeiter auf goldener Straße – 1. Teil (1968)

Director

Von Rosa von Praunheim
Von Rosa von Praunheim (1968)

Director

(A)lter (A)ction
(A)lter (A)ction (1968)

Assistant Director