Rosa von Praunheim Movies

Early Rosa von Praunheim short film. Originally intended to be the ending of "Die Bettwurst".

In his film, Rosa von Praunheim approaches the famous communist theater director Erwin Piscator by developing irreverent improvisations in the spirit...

An astrologer informs Rosa von Praunheim that he only has 13 days left to live. Rosa then decides to organize his estate. Unrealized films are...

Rosa von Praunheim has made 150 films and repeatedly provoked the middle-class to homophobic majority society. But he doesn't spare his own community...

Five German directors celebrate the influence that famed filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim has had on their careers in honor of his 70th birthday. After...

In this daring autofictional documentary, filmmaker Tim Lienhard, raised in a Catholic family in southern Germany, traces his late-in-life...

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

Samuel Beckett walks in Berlin in 1969.

A three hour documentary about the tenants of the 24th floor in a high-rise building in the Frankfurter Berg settlement who speak about their living...

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

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

Phoebe Legere is a New York legend. In the early 80s she made a name for herself with her scandalous performances. So it seemed only a given to make...

Rosa von Praunheim was inspired to make this film by his own radio play “Die Nachtigall” (The Nightingale) from 1986, when he improvised...

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...

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

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

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

“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. My...

"[This film] embodies (...) one of his [Hahnemann's] most mature films. Rainy rides along Schönhauser Allee, which seems to be depopulated. Past...