Rosa von Praunheim

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AKA: Holger Bernard Mischwitzki, Holger Mischwitzki
Nationality: German
Birthdate: 11/25/1942
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia

biography

One of the more eccentric figures to emerge from the New German Cinema movement, Rosa von Praunheim (ne Holger Mischwitski) studied painting in Berlin before apprenticing with openly gay filmmakers Gregory J. Markopoulos and Werner Schroeter. He made several short films in the late 1960s--the first was "Von Rosa von Praunheim" in 1967--and moved into TV work with 1970s' "Die Bettwurst/The Bedroll". Von Praunheim first garnered notice with the documentary "Sisters of the Revolution" (1969), which examined the women's liberation movement and included a segment on homosexuals who supported Continued

Credits

Gay Courage: 100 Years of the Gay Movement
Director
1998
Red Love
Director
1982
Der Biss
Actor
Two Mothers
Cast
Two Mothers
Writer
Two Mothers
Director
Neurosia: 50 Years of Perversity
Himself
I Was a Jewish Sex Worker
Himself
Affengeil
Himself
Anita: Dances of Vice
Producer
City of Lost Souls
Producer
I Am My Own Woman
Producer
Silence = Death
Producer
Positive
Producer
Affengeil
Director
Surviving in New York
Director
Neurosia: 50 Years of Perversity
Director
Horror Vacui
Director
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Director
A Virus Knows No Morals
Director
Positive
Director
Our Corpses Are Still Alive
Director
Berliner Bettwurst
Director
City of Lost Souls
Director
Silence = Death
Director
Der Einstein des Sex
Director
Underground and Emigrants
Director
It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, but the Situation in Which He Lives
Director
Dolly, Lotte und Maria
Director
Anita: Dances of Vice
Director
Fassbinder's Women
Director
I'm an Anti-Star...
Director
Tally Brown, N.Y.
Director
I Am My Own Woman
Director
Transexual Menace
Director
Siberia
Himself
A Virus Knows No Morals
Rudiger--Club Owner
City of Lost Souls
screenplay
Silence = Death
screenplay
Fassbinder's Women
screenplay
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
screenplay
I Am My Own Woman
screenplay
Affengeil
screenplay
A Virus Knows No Morals
screenplay
Tally Brown, N.Y.
screenplay
Leidenschaften
screenplay
I'm an Anti-Star...
screenplay
Horror Vacui
screenplay
Anita: Dances of Vice
screenplay
Positive
screenplay
Berliner Bettwurst
screenplay
Leidenschaften
Producer
Two Mothers
Producer
Berliner Bettwurst
Producer
I'm an Anti-Star...
Producer
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Producer
Underground and Emigrants
Producer
Neurosia: 50 Years of Perversity
Producer
Der Einstein des Sex
Producer
Affengeil
Producer
Tally Brown, N.Y.
Producer
Dolly, Lotte und Maria
Producer
A Virus Knows No Morals
Producer

milestones

Year
Milestone
 
Raised in East Berlin and Frankfurt
 
Studied painting in Berlin
 
Worked as apprentice to filmmakers Gregory J Markopoulos and Werner Schroeter
1967 
Directed first 16mm (12 minute) short, "Von Rosa von Praunheim"
1969 
Helmed the documentary "Sisters of the Revolution" which examined the women's rights movement
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