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
  • 1971
    It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

    It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

    It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives

    5.11971HD

    Daniel, a young man from the provinces come to the city and moves from one gay subculture to the next. His adventures begin on the streets of Berlin,...

    It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives
  • 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
  • 2010
    New York Memories

    New York Memories

    New York Memories

    4.82010HD

    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...

    New York Memories
  • 1990
    Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

    Silence = Death

    5.61990HD

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

    Silence = Death
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1990
    Positive

    Positive

    Positive

    41990HD

    This film powerfully documents New York City's gay community's response to the AIDS crisis as they are forced to organize themselves after the...

    Positive
  • 2002
    Queens Don’t Cry

    Queens Don’t Cry

    Queens Don’t Cry

    42002HD

    Bosom buddies BeV StroganoV, Ovo Maltine, Ichgola Androgyn and Tima die Göttliche are four Berlin drag queens who met in the mid 1980s. These...

    Queens Don’t Cry
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2024
    Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

    Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

    Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal

    8.32024HD

    To mark the 60th birthday of the multi-talented comedian, singer and author Hape Kerkeling, the two documentary filmmakers André Schäfer...

    Hape Kerkeling – Total Normal
  • 1997
    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    Birth of a Nation

    6.31997HD

    Filmmaker Jonas Mekas films 160 underground film people over four decades.

    Birth of a Nation
  • 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?
  • 1995
    Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

    Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

    Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity

    5.51995HD

    Neurosia is the autobiography of the director Rosa von Praunheim. The movie begins with Rosa presenting his autobiography in a movie theater. Before...

    Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
  • 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
  • 2017
    Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

    Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

    Survival in Berlin-Neukölln

    22017HD

    About Stefan Stricker, who calls himself Juwelia and has been running a gallery on Sanderstraße in Berlin Neukölln for many years. Every...

    Survival in Berlin-Neukölln
  • 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
  • 2014
    How I Learned to Love the Numbers

    How I Learned to Love the Numbers

    How I Learned to Love the Numbers

    92014HD

    How I Learned to Love the Numbers is a New York film and at the same time the study of a young man suffering from an obsessive-compulsive disorder...

    How I Learned to Love the Numbers
  • 1968
    Carla

    Carla

    Carla

    01968HD

    Carla is a different form of homage, in which Carla Aulaulu sings a song by Gitta Linds.

    Carla