Rosa von Praunheim Movies

  • 2024
    Thirty Years with the Whip

    Thirty Years with the Whip

    Thirty Years with the Whip

    02024HD

    A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim's neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district. While the real...

    Thirty Years with the Whip
  • 2008
    Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

    Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

    Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?

    5.12008HD

    A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.

    Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
  • 2019
    Darkroom

    Darkroom

    Darkroom

    5.52019HD

    Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrücken, moves to Berlin with his lover, Roland. They begin to renovate an apartment and their happiness seems...

    Darkroom
  • 2012
    Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

    Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

    Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim

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

    Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von Praunheim
  • 2015
    Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

    Desire Will Set You Free

    4.92015HD

    Desire Will Set You Free is a feature film that explores life in contemporary Berlin with an often critical and sometimes humorous eye. Based on a...

    Desire Will Set You Free
  • 1971
    Die Bettwurst

    Die Bettwurst

    Die Bettwurst

    5.31971HD

    It is love at first sight: elderly secretary Luzi and young, unemployed Dietmar find each other by accident in Rosa von Praunheim’s outrageous...

    Die Bettwurst
  • 2000
    Fassbinder’s Women

    Fassbinder’s Women

    Fassbinder’s Women

    5.62000HD

    An essay film in which filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim interviews "the willing victims of Rainer Werner Fassbinder."

    Fassbinder’s Women
  • 1992
    I Am My Own Woman

    I Am My Own Woman

    I Am My Own Woman

    4.31992HD

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

    I Am My Own Woman
  • 2000
    The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld

    5.62000HD

    The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German...

    The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
  • 2022
    Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

    Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

    Rex Gildo: The Last Dance

    4.92022HD

    Rex Gildo’s songs and musicals made him very popular. His best-known song was “Fiesta Mexicana” from 1972. Rosa von Praunheim tells...

    Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
  • 2011
    Rent Boys

    Rent Boys

    Rent Boys

    5.62011HD

    Documentary about the current hustler scene in Berlin. Based on interviews with former and active prostitutes, the realities of male prostitutes in...

    Rent Boys
  • 2008
    Rosa Riese

    Rosa Riese

    Rosa Riese

    02008HD

    The press called him the “Pink Giant” or the “Beast from Beelitz”. Before the fall of the Wall, he murdered five women....

    Rosa Riese
  • 2022
    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors

    02022HD

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

    Come With Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
  • 2025
    Satanic Sow

    Satanic Sow

    Satanic Sow

    02025HD

    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...

    Satanic Sow
  • 1975
    Berliner Bettwurst

    Berliner Bettwurst

    Berliner Bettwurst

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

    Berliner Bettwurst
  • 1979
    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts

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    Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.

    Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
  • 1990
    Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

    5.61990HD

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

    Silence = Death
  • 2015
    Praunheim Memoires

    Praunheim Memoires

    Praunheim Memoires

    02015HD

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

    Praunheim Memoires
  • 2011
    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter

    5.52011HD

    Werner Schroeter was one of the most significant proponents of New German Cinema. Schroeter was diagnosed with cancer in 2006. In her film, Elfi...

    Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner Schroeter
  • 2018
    Friendship of Men

    Friendship of Men

    Friendship of Men

    5.52018HD

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

    Friendship of Men