Deceased

When Did Rosa von Praunheim Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 83

Also known asHolger Bernhard Bruno Waldemar MischwitzkyGenderMaleNationalityGermanyBorn25/11/1942Born inRiga, LatviaDied17/12/2025Died inBerlinWikidataQ62942 ↗Buried atAlter St.-Matthäus-Kirchhof BerlinTMDb#19864 ↗

Holger Bernhard Bruno Mischwitzky, known professionally as Rosa von Praunheim, was a German film director, author, producer, professor of directing and one of the most influential and famous queer activists in the German-speaking world. A pioneer of Queer Cinema and gay activist, von Praunheim was a key co-founder of the modern lesbian and gay movement in West Germany and Switzerland. He was an early advocate of AIDS awareness and safer sex.

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Filmography80 titles

Year	Title	Character	Age at release
2026	Mein liebster DokumentarfilmSeries	Self	84
2025	Rosa <3Movie	Self (archive footage)	83
2025	Last Exit Gran CanariaMovie	Self	83
2024	Hape Kerkeling – Total NormalMovie	Self	82
2022	Rex Gildo: The Last DanceMovie	Erzähler	80
2022	Glückskind: Der schwule Filmemacher Rosa von Praunheim ist 80Movie	—	80
2022	Come with Me to the Cinema – The GregorsMovie	Self	80
2021	IsolationMovie	Self	79
2021	Queer CinemaMovie	Himself	79
2021	Meine VäterMovie	Self	79
2021	Legendär!Series	Self	79
2020	Smart Berlin – Der „Stutti“Movie	—	78
2019	DarkroomMovie	—	77
2019	Chez KrömerSeries	Self	77
2018	Friendship of MenMovie	Himself	76
2017	My Wonderful West BerlinMovie	—	75
2017	AbendshowSeries	Self	75
2015	Desire Will Set You FreeMovie	Ezra's Agent	73
2015	VaterMovie	Man in Berlin	73
2015	Praunheim MemoiresMovie	Self	73
2014	How I Learned to Love the NumbersMovie	Self	72
2014	Mario WirzMovie	Self	72
2013	I Feel Like DiscoMovie	Rosa von Praunheim	71
2013	PantoffelkinoSeries	Self - Guest	71
2012	King of ComicsMovie	—	70
2012	RosakinderMovie	Self	70
2012	Rosas Welt – 70 neue Filme von Rosa von PraunheimMovie	—	70
2012	I am a PoemMovie	Self	70
2011	Rent BoysMovie	Self	69
2011	Mondo Lux: The Visual Worlds of Werner SchroeterMovie	Self	69
2009	On the Other Side of the Screen: 100 Years of Moviemento CinemaMovie	—	67
2008	Markus LanzSeries	Self	66
2008	Paris-Berlin, le débatSeries	Self	66
2007	Here’s Looking at You, BoyMovie	Self	65
2007	Two MothersMovie	—	65
2007	ANNE WILLSeries	—	65
2007	0511 TV LokalSeries	Self	65
2006	Das perfekte Promi-DinnerSeries	Self	64
2005	Men, Heroes and Gay NazisMovie	Self	63
2004	Ein bisschen Luft unter die FlügelMovie	Self	62
2004	Im PalaisSeries	Self	62
2003	ZIBBSeries	Self	61
2003	Charlotte in SwedenMovie	Self	61
2003	Menschen bei MaischbergerSeries	Self	61
2002	Through the Night with...Series	Self	60
2002	Pfui, Rosa!Movie	Self	60
1997	NachtstudioSeries	Self	55
1997	Tietjen und BommesSeries	Self	55
1997	Birth of a NationMovie	Self	55
1996	Zimmer frei!Series	Self	54
1996	Transexual MenaceMovie	Self - Interviewer	54
1996	I Was a Jewish Sex WorkerMovie	Self	54
1995	Die Harald Schmidt ShowSeries	Self	53
1991	DAS!Series	Self	49
1990	Silence = DeathMovie	Self	48
1990	PositiveMovie	Self	48
1990	Fire Under Your AssMovie	—	48
1989	Survival in New YorkMovie	—	47
1988	Anita – Dances of ViceMovie	—	46
1987	Dolly, Lotte and MariaMovie	Interviewer	45
1987	live - die ZDF-talkshowSeries	Self	45
1986	A Virus Knows No MoralsMovie	Rüdiger Kackinski	44
1986	September SeptemberMovie	Self (archive footage)	44
1984	The BiteMovie	—	42
1979	NDR Talk ShowSeries	Self	37
1979	Tally Brown, New YorkMovie	—	37
1978	Bio’s BahnhofSeries	Self	36
1977	George and Mike KucharMovie	Self	35
1976	Kölner TreffSeries	Self	34
1976	Underground and EmigrantsMovie	Self	34
1975	The Enchantment of the Blue SailorsMovie	Matrose	33
1974	3 nach 9Series	Self	32
1974	Monolog eines StarsMovie	—	32
1973	Je später der AbendSeries	Self	31
1972	Grotesk – Burlesk – PittoreskMovie	—	30
1972	Footage from Q&As with Rosa von Praunheim, including MoMA’s Cineprobe Screening, 1972Movie	—	30
1968	Von Rosa von PraunheimMovie	—	26
1968	CarlaMovie	—	26
1967	SilvoMovie	Self	25
1964	Grimme AwardSeries	Self	22