Rosa von Praunheim Movie Trailers

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

23 October 2012

Rosa von Praunheim is an icon in the scene: gay activist, loving provocateur and a very special filmmaker from Berlin for decades.

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

Neurosia is the autobiography of the director Rosa von Praunheim. The movie begins with Rosa presenting his autobiography in a movie theater.

Cows Knocked Up by Fog Trailer (2002)

26 October 2002

Catchy mix of farce and documentary. Portrait of a Berlin theatre company made up entirely of the homeless, alcoholics and junks.

Sigrid Gräfin von Richthofen Trailer (1977)

01 January 1977

Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors Trailer (2022)

01 September 2022

From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war Germany.

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

01 June 1968

Short film about queer left-wing people in West Berlin.

City of Lost Souls Trailer (1983)

27 February 1983

A fictionalized account about the lurid lives of a group of eccentric cabaret artists who have come from America to Berlin looking for social acceptance and a place to give full reign to their creative nature.

Ein Mann namens Pis Trailer (1991)

18 March 1991

In his film, Rosa von Praunheim approaches the famous communist theater director Erwin Piscator by developing irreverent improvisations in the spirit of Piscator together with acting students from the Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts in East Berlin.

Schwein gehabt – Joe Luga Trailer (2005)

03 February 2005

Joe Luga was a singer and accompanied the German soldiers in women's clothing on the Russian front. Nothing happened to him.

I Was a Jewish Sex Worker Trailer (1996)

22 October 1996

I Was a Jewish Sex Worker is a humorous, no-holds-barred autobiographical film about the director’s former career as a sex worker and his relationship with his Jewish family.

New York Memories Trailer (2010)

15 July 2010

In this filmic memoir, German director Rosa von Praunheim returns to New York, a city he knew and loved in the woolly 1970s, to see what he might find and also to check in on the colorful protagonists of his 1989 documentary, Überleben in New York.

Wonderful Wrodow Trailer (2000)

31 July 2000

No Eastern cliché fits the small village of Wrodow in the state of Mecklenburg Vorpommern, about which Rosa von Praunheim filmed a documentary in the fall of 1999.

Friendship of Men Trailer (2018)

13 December 2018

In this docudrama Rosa von Praunheim looks into Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s sexual orientation, especially into his erotic experiences during his travels in Italy.

Transexual Menace Trailer (1996)

24 June 1996

Pioneering gay German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim explores America’s burgeoning trans rights movement—from early leaders like Virginia Prince to contemporary activist groups like the titular Transexual Menace—in this powerful, yet sensitive documentary.

Dead Gay Men and Living Lesbians Trailer (2008)

09 February 2008

As a result of the Holocaust and later, AIDS, the male homosexual community has sustained bitter losses and, according to Praunheim, lesbian women have now placed themselves at the head of the so-called queer movement.

Silence = Death Trailer (1990)

16 February 1990

AIDS victims and activists cope with hardship and society’s ignorance.

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

04 July 1971

Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to the next.

Mario Wirz Trailer (2014)

01 January 2014

Rosa von Praunheim shows an intimate portrait of his dying friend Mario Wirz.

Horror Vacui Trailer (1984)

27 September 1984

Shot in a neo-expressionist style, the film is a satire on cults of any kind. The plot follows Frankie and Hannes, a young gay couple living in Berlin.

Macbeth Oper von Rosa von Praunheim Trailer (1971)

01 January 1971

Lady Macbeth, driven by ambition, urges her husband, Macbeth, to murder King Duncan. Macbeth becomes king but descends into madness.

I Am My Own Woman Trailer (1992)

30 October 1992

The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement.

Operndiven - Operntunten Trailer (2020)

19 April 2020

Gay men love operas. Is that a stereotype? Markus Tiarks and Rosa von Praunheim try to find out.

Charlotte in Sweden Trailer (2003)

01 January 2003

Rosa von Praunheim visits Charlotte von Mahlsdorf in Sweden.

Laura – Das Juwel von Stuttgart Trailer (2014)

01 January 2014

Rosa von Praunheim creates the portrait of a committed woman, a fighter against homophobia and AIDS. The film, which honors Laura Halding-Hoppenheit, was made in cooperation with the German Aidshilfe.

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement Trailer (1998)

09 June 1998

A look at gay history over the last 100 years.

Berliner Bettwurst Trailer (1975)

10 December 1975

In this sequel to Die Bettwurst, Dietmar and Luzi are a somewhat unorthodox couple, who live and fight with tremendous enthusiasm.

Red Love Trailer (1983)

04 October 1983

Shocking, often hilarious, and always controversial, Rosa von Praunheim delivers a radical treatise on heterosexuality in Red Love by intertwining statements of an outspoken, middle aged advocate of free love, with a melodramatic reenactment of a feminist novel by Alexandra Kollontai, Lenin's first Minister of Culture.

My Wonderful West Berlin Trailer (2017)

11 February 2017

MY WONDERFUL WEST BERLIN recounts the lives and struggles of gay men in West-Berlin. Through present-day scenes and never before seen archival footage, a fascinating picture emerges of a city, that today characterizes itself as a dream destination and place of refuge for gays.

Life Is Like a Cucumber Trailer (1990)

20 December 1990

A trip through Lotti's horny life -- everything from her Aryan lover and her stay in a concentration camp while he is killed for their forbidden love -- is a fascinating look at this remarkable woman through the eyes and viewfinder of Rosa von Praunheim.

Two Mothers Trailer (2007)

27 October 2007

Filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim searches for his biological mother after discovering late in life that he was adopted.

Praunheim Memoires Trailer (2015)

08 January 2015

The filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim remembers his humble origins from the unglamorous district of Frankfurt Praunheim.

Hitler und Jesus – eine Liebesgeschichte Trailer (2014)

24 October 2014

Two actors improvise biographical scenes about Hitler and Jesus. They discover more and more similarities and set out in search of the reasons for their enormous success.

Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“ Trailer (2020)

23 December 2020

The area around Stuttgarter Platz unites the most diverse worlds: It is a celebrity neighborhood, middle-class Charlottenburg and a meeting place for the drug scene.

Satanic Sow Trailer (2025)

27 November 2025

Rosa von Praunheim is the satanic sow, incarnated by the wanton actor Armin Dallapiccola. A poetic compendium of life and death with pushy fans, the Good Lord, lovers and Rosa’s horrified mother.

Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze Trailer (2005)

01 February 2005

“This film is part of a series of films on gay men who survived the Nazi era. I met Walter Schwarze when he was already in his eighties.

Silvo Trailer (1967)

07 July 1967

Documentary showing the daily routine of Sander’s seven year old son, Silvo.

24 Hours Berlin Trailer (2009)

05 September 2009

24-hour television documentary about Berlin and its inhabitants, reporting in real time on the everyday lives of more than 50 protagonists from a wide range of professions, social classes, religions and ethnicities.

Fire Under Your Ass Trailer (1990)

17 May 1990

The German homosexuals to whom the third film "Feuer unterm Arsch" is dedicated are visibly less enthusiastic about safe sex, let alone safe sex 'with Mother Earth', which Allen Ginsburg envisions for dealing with an AIDS-like contaminated earth.

Dolly, Lotte and Maria Trailer (1987)

16 February 1987

A portrait of three remarkable women who were once celebrated figures in the German cultural scene: film star Dolly Haas, dancer Lotte Goslar and artist Maria Ley, Erwin Piscator's widow.

Queens Don’t Cry Trailer (2002)

09 February 2002

Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s.

Neurasia Trailer (1969)

07 March 1969

In a dark and spare theatrical space, four characters use gesture, language, and movement to explore themes of desire and mortality.

Auf der Suche nach Heilern Trailer (2014)

09 May 2014

“I am a hypochondriac”, admits Rosa Von Praunheim, the icon of the gay movement, right at the beginning at the film.

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

30 September 1968

(A)lter (A)ction, 1968. Videotape, black-and-white, sound; 65 minutes (director's edit: 57 minute television version).

Survival in Berlin-Neukölln Trailer (2017)

23 November 2017

About Stefan Stricker, who calls himself Juwelia and has been running a gallery on Sanderstraße in Berlin Neukölln for many years.

Survival in New York Trailer (1989)

26 October 1989

Rosa von Praunheim follows the lives and existential struggles of three contrasting German emigrant women in New York City.

Von Rosa von Praunheim Trailer (1968)

18 February 1968

In the background, Rosa von Praunheim sings a love song in a foreign language. The sound engineer counts as the camera moves over Rosa’s black plastic jacket.

Last Exit Gran Canaria Trailer (2025)

21 June 2025

In this daring autofictional documentary, filmmaker Tim Lienhard, raised in a Catholic family in southern Germany, traces his late-in-life transformation into a provocatively performative drag persona.

Our Corpses Are Still Alive Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

A staged documentary by Berlin’s Rosa von Praunheim, who gathers five women who came of age in the 1930s—ranging from a lesbian-feminist journalist to a pro-Hitler housewife—for a week in a small apartment to see what will happen.

Meine Väter Trailer (2021)

01 January 2021

Julia von Heinz’s 80-year-old father dies completely unexpectedly. From his estate, the filmmaker discovers that the former reserve officer was homosexual and had led a double life.

Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972 Trailer (1972)

01 January 1972

Footage from rare guerilla recordings of Q&As of IT IS NOT THE HOMOSEXUAL WHO IS PERVERSE, BUT THE SOCIETY IN WHICH HE LIVES following the film’s debut as part of MoMA’s Cineprobe program, and another downtown theater.

Meine Oma hatte einen Nazipuff Trailer (1994)

01 January 1994

Documentary about Berlin's "Salon Kitty," a brothel that was systematically used by the Nazis for espionage.

Liebe und Leid – Albrecht Becker Trailer (2005)

02 February 2005

Documentary portrait of German production designer Albrecht Becker.

Monolog eines Stars Trailer (1974)

01 January 1974

Self-reflection of a star person played by a woman.

20 × Brandenburg Trailer (2010)

01 October 2010

Under the artistic direction of director Andreas Dresen, 20 renowned documentary filmmakers, experienced television writers, and teams tell stories about the country and its people.

Ratten 07 – Im Berliner Dschungel Trailer (2003)