Rosa von Praunheim Movies
- 2018

Friendship of Men
Friendship of Men4.32018HD
In this docudrama Rosa von Praunheim looks into Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s sexual orientation, especially into his erotic experiences during...
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- 1997

Birth of a Nation
Birth of a Nation71997HD
Jonas Mekas assembles 160 portraits, appearances, and fleeting sketches of underground and independent filmmakers captured between 1955 and 1996....
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- 2000

The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld
The Einstein of Sex: Life and Work of Dr. M. Hirschfeld5.52000HD
The life story of Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld, a German Jew, who as a physician established the field of sexology, and fought militantly against German...
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- 1984

The Bite
The Bite5.81984HD
Turned while visiting New York, down-on-her-luck Neue Deutsche Welle vampire Sylvana struggles to get by in 1980s West Berlin when she realizes none...
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- 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 Lives5.41971HD
Daniel, a young gay man, tries to pursue a traditional bourgeois relationship and lifestyle with his live-in boyfriend, but after their love quickly...
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- 2008

Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?
Can I Be Your Bratwurst, Please?4.72008HD
A newly arrived guest of a Hollywood hotel charms and amazes the regulars, and they decide to invite him to their Christmas dinner.
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- 1992

I Am My Own Woman
I Am My Own Woman4.61992HD
The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, who survived the Nazi reign as a trans woman and helped start the German gay liberation movement....
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- 2015

Desire Will Set You Free
Desire Will Set You Free4.32015HD
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...
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- 2024

Thirty Years with the Whip
Thirty Years with the Whip6.42024HD
A portrait of Rosa von Praunheim's neighbor, who worked for decades as a professional dominatrix in Berlin's Wilmersdorf district. While the real...
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- 1979

Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts
Army of Lovers or Revolt of the Perverts41979HD
Personal diary-style documentary of German Gay rights activist Von Praunheim's sojourn in the US.
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- 2022

Rex Gildo: The Last Dance
Rex Gildo: The Last Dance4.12022HD
Rex Gildo’s songs and musicals made him very popular. His best-known song was “Fiesta Mexicana” from 1972. Rosa von Praunheim tells...
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- 2022

Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors
Come with Me to the Cinema – The Gregors02022HD
From the 1950s onwards, Erika and Ulrich Gregor brought countless film historical milestones to Berlin and shaped cinema discourse in post-war...
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- 1986

A Virus Knows No Morals
A Virus Knows No Morals4.81986HD
Nurses on the night shift roll dice to see which AIDS patient will die next. The owner of a gay bathhouse gets Kaposi's Sarcoma but tries to keep his...
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- 1983

City of Lost Souls
City of Lost Souls5.31983HD
A fictionalized account about the lurid lives of a group of eccentric cabaret artists who have come from America to Berlin looking for social...
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- 1971

The Bed Sausage
The Bed Sausage5.41971HD
It is love at first sight: elderly secretary Luzi and young, unemployed Dietmar find each other by accident in Rosa von Praunheim’s outrageous...
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- 1996

Transexual Menace
Transexual Menace51996HD
Pioneering gay German filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim explores America’s burgeoning trans rights movement—from early leaders like Virginia...
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- 2013

I Feel Like Disco
I Feel Like Disco5.52013HD
A youth in middle of self-discovery, offending with his father, just discovering his sexuality and hiding it again. A boy who's often lonely loses a...
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- 2014

Auf der Suche nach Heilern
Auf der Suche nach Heilern02014HD
“I am a hypochondriac”, admits Rosa Von Praunheim, the icon of the gay movement, right at the beginning at the film. The director, who...
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- 1995

Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity
Neurosia: Fifty Years of Perversity5.31995HD
Neurosia is the autobiography of the director Rosa von Praunheim. The movie begins with Rosa presenting his autobiography in a movie theater. Before...
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- 1979

Tally Brown, New York
Tally Brown, New York7.51979HD
Tally Brown, New York is a 1979 documentary film directed, written and produced by Rosa von Praunheim. The film is about the singing and acting...
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