Direction: Rosa von Praunheim
The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Rosa von Praunheim. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.
Rent Boys
2011 · Documentary · 84 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Sergiu Grimalschi · Peter Kern · Master Patrick · Oliver Sechting
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König des Comics
2012 · Documentary · 80 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Ralf König · Olaf Gabriel · René Krummenacher · Ralph Morgenstern
Plot This documentary is a tribute to the most celebrated and beloved German cartoonist in the world, Ralf König, author of works such as The Most Desired Man or Killer Condom....
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Queens don't cry
2002 · Documentary · 92 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Bev Stroganov · Ichgola Androgyn · Ovo Maltine · Tima die Göttliche
Plot Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s. These four queens became Germany's most popular...
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New York Memories
2010 · Documentary · 89 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Claudia Steinberg · Anna Steegmann · Lucie Pohl · Marie Pohl
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Silence = Death
1990 · Documentary · 63 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Bern Boyle · Emilio Cubeiro · Rafael Gamba · Allen Ginsberg
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Dead Gay Men & Living Lesbians
2008 · Documentary · 87 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Albrecht Becker · Ipec · Manuela Kay · Maren Kroymann
Plot Earlier interviews with the elderly men alternate with the current crop of women, a broad melange of activists and those simply out and proud. Most of the men experienced severe...
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Heroes and Gay Nazis
2005 · Documentary · 90 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Winfried Bonengel · Rudolf Hess · Adolf Hitler · Rüdiger Lautmann
Plot The film focuses on gay men who align themselves with hardcore right-wing views, white power skinheads, and Nazis. Rosa von Praunheim stated of the subjects featured in the documentary, “Some...
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Darkroom
2019 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Bozidar Kocevski · Heiner Bomhard · Bardo Böhlefeld · Christian Dieterle
Plot Lars, a nurse from Saarbrucken, moves to Berlin with his partner, Roland. Together they begin to renovate the flat and their daily life seems perfect. The problem is that Roland...
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The Einstein of Sex
1999 · Movie · 100 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Friedel von Wangenheim · Ben Becker · Wolfgang Völz · Otto Sander
Plot The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German anti-sodomy laws in the late 19th...
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Tough Love
2015 · Movie · 89 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Hanno Koffler · Katy Karrenbauer · Luise Heyer · Sascia Haj
Plot When karate champ Andreas Marquardt thinks about himself he feels nothing but bitterness: ‘I refused to feel anything. I was cold, like a block of ice, I couldn’t give a...
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Horror Vacui
1984 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Lotti Huber · Joaquin La Habana · Folkert Milster · Friedrich Steinhauer
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It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
1971 · Documentary · 67 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
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Two Mothers - The Search Began in Riga
2007 · Documentary · 87 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Plot Filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim searches for his biological mother after discovering late in life that he was adopted.
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Männerfreundschaften
2018 · Documentary · 85 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Plot A true cult of friendship among men was widespread in Weimar Classicism, whereas outdated homosexuality was frowned upon. Cult director Rosa von Praunheim asks what was behind the scenes: how...
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Survival In Neukölln
2017 · Documentary · 82 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim · Markus Tiarks
Cast Enana Alassar · Mischa Badasyan · Bernhard Beutler · Joaquin La Habana
Plot About Stefan Stricker, who calls himself Juwelia and has been running a gallery on Sanderstraße in Berlin Neukölln for many years. Every weekend he invites guests to shamelessly recount from...
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City of Lost Souls
1983 · Movie · 94 min. · Germany - West Germany (FRG)
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Angie Stardust · Jayne County · Judith Flex · Gary Miller
Plot A film about the teeming flip side of life in Berlin centered on eccentric characters of almost every imaginable sexual orientation, or disorientation.
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I Am My Own Woman
1992 · Documentary · 91 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Charlotte von Mahlsdorf · Jens Taschne · Ichgola Androgyn · Robert Dietl
Plot The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, born Lothar Berflede. Miss Charlotte survived the Nazi reign and the repression of the Communists as a transvestite and helped start the German...
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Die Aids-Trilogie: Feuer unterm Arsch - Vom Leben und Sterben schwuler Männer in Berlin
1990 · Documentary · 50 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
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Positive
1990 · Documentary · 90 min. · Germany
Direction Rosa von Praunheim
Cast Larry Kramer · Peter Staley · Diamanda Galás · Jay Corcoran
Plot This film documents New York City’s gay community’s response to the AIDS crisis during the 1980s as they were forced to organize themselves after the government’s slow response to stem...
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