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The life story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, born Lothar Berflede. Miss Charlotte survived the Nazi reign and the repression of the Communists as a transvestite and helped start the German gay liberation movement. Documentary with some dramatized scenes. Two actors play the young and middle aged Charlotte and she plays herself in the later years.

Ich bin meine eigene Frau (1992)-KG.mkv

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Language(s):German
Subtitles:English

The post Rosa von Praunheim – Ich bin meine eigene Frau AKA I Am My Own Woman (1992) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Praunheim’s film is at once a pedagogical caveat and political manifesto. Following naïve country boy Daniel after he moves to Berlin and encounters a thriving gay community, It Is Not The Homosexual is a provocative look at the lives of gay men in 1970s Germany. The film follows Daniel from heteronormative behaviour to finding a sugardaddy to a job in a local gay bar, making him the most eligible bachelor in town. Through Daniel’s journey Praunheim comments on everything from the shallower tendencies in gay culture to cruising for sex in the early ‘70s until Daniel meets a group of revolutionary gays who introduce him to the gay rights movement. Like many of Praunheim’s films It Is Not The Homosexual caused a scandal in both the liberal and conservative establishment as well as in homosexual circles after it was first shown on German state television in 1973. What makes Praunheim’s work so provocative as a queer director is his fearlessness, what others call audacity, to not only point the finger at society, but also at the gay community itself as guilty of homophobia.

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Language(s):German
Subtitles:English

The post Rosa von Praunheim – Nicht der Homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die Situation, in der er lebt AKA It Is Not the Homosexual Who Is Perverse, But the Society in Which He Lives (1971) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

A German pimp with a penchant for violence. The prostitute with a heart of gold who loves him. The demented mother who ruined him. Lots of depressing sex scenes set in dreary working-class apartments.

If these seem like the key ingredients to a Rainer Werner Fassbinder movie, they’re in fact part of a true story that makes up the latest docudrama from prolific Berlin-based filmmaker/gay activist Rosa von Praunheim (Rent Boys, Neurosia: 50 Years of Perversity). Based on the harrowing life of Andreas Marquardt, a victim of sexual abuse who grew into a karate champ, prosperous hustler, federal prisoner and eventually, martial arts instructor and author, the film jumps between present-day interviews and kitschy flashbacks shot in black-and-white, revealing a man who overcame trauma through the power of therapy and his own two fists. Screening in Berlin’s Panorama section – where von Praunheim’s movies (over 70 in all) have often premiered – Love should play well with the filmmaker’s local fan base and minor cult following abroad, with continued gigs on the international fest circuit.

Adapted by the director and writers Nico Woche and Jurgen Leme from Marquardt’s 2006 autobiography, the film begins with its subject speaking candidly about his past, before jumping into dramatized recreations where young Andreas, aka Andy (Hanno Koffler), is raised by a single mother (Katy Karrenbauer) after his abusive father is kicked out of the house for crushing his 6-year-old son’s hand.

But rather than finding solace in the arms of mutter, Andy lands between the legs of a perverted Mommie Dearest who forces him into a long-term incestuous relationship – one which von Praunheim hardly shies away from, capturing sexual acts from the young boy’s POV as his mom strips down for him, plays with his genitals or, in one rather unbearable sequence, casually lubricates an oversized dildo like she’s spreading icing on a tray of cupcakes.

To say Andy had an unhappy childhood is more than an understatement, and he soon grows up to become a fierce fighter and street enforcer, eventually setting up shop as a pimp in what he would call his personal “I Hate Women” campaign. Yet despite his outward loathing of the opposite sex, one woman pops into his life with the possibility of changing it: beautiful 16-year-old secretary, Marion (Luise Heyer), who soon falls in love with Andy, only to turn into one of his prized streetwalkers – a vocation she doesn’t seem to mind at all. (We later learn that Marion was also abused as a child.)

Much of the film’s midsection depicts the push-and-pull relationship between pimp and prostitute, and in that sense recalls Fassbinder’s debut Love is Colder than Death, especially with its stark, colorless imagery (by Nicolai Zorn and Elfi Mikesch) and faux theatrical backdrops (credited to four production designers). Some of these scenes veer into camp territory, especially when mom pops back into the picture, but stars Koffler (Free Fall) and (Jack) offer up convincing, intensely physical performances, playing two self-punishing people who nonetheless find their way toward true love.

If the last act is less visceral as it follows Andy’s quest for psychological aid, and if it’s not always easy to accept how easily Marion victimizes herself – even if she’s clearly as damaged inside as her boyfriend/mack – Tough Love ultimately works as a portrait of a man who was able to channel his rage into a highly lucrative, if highly questionable, existence. It’s not everyday that sexually abused kids manage to surpass their childhood suffering, and in that sense Marquardt – who now runs several karate schools aimed at inner-city youth – can be seen as a hero, and one who still kicks ass.

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Language:German
Subtitles:English, German

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Rosa von Praunheim portrays some Berlin citizens which are all connected to the GLBT community.
This doc works as a sequel to his 1989 movie “Überleben in New York” (Staying alive in New York) in some ways.

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Language:German and some English
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The post Rosa von Praunheim & Markus Tiarks – Überleben in Neukölln AKA Staying alive in Neukölln (2017) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Rosa von Praunheim sheds light on his life story and the most important stages in it. Born Holger Radtke, he moved to Frankfurt am Main with his adoptive parents at the age of twelve. With his documentary `Not the homosexual is perverse, but the situation in which he lives’ from 1971, he is considered a cofounder of the political gay and lesbian movement in Germany.

About a time that marked the start of RvP’s wild life in the Frankfurt region links documentary situations – such as the visit to his old apartment in the suburb of Praunheim,

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Neurosia is the autobiography of the director Rosa von Praunheim. The movie begins with Rosa presenting his autobiography in a movie theater. Before the film begins, he is shot. But – his body gets lost. A female journalist from a TV station begins researching the life of Rosa. In the course of the movie she speaks to lots of aquaintances, shows short clips from Rosas old movies. Her main aim is to provide sensational and shocking details from Rosas life. It turns out that nearly everybody had some reason to kill Rosa. At the end of the movie, she discovers Rosa at a boat where he is kept prisoner by some of his old enemies. She frees him, and the movie ends.

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The post Rosa von Praunheim – Neurosia – 50 Jahre pervers AKA Neurosia – Who Shot Rosa von Praunheim (1995) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Lars, a male nurse from Saarbrucken, moves with his lover Roland, a sweet-spirited musician with a lilting voice, to the bustling Berlin. They renovate an apartment with the intention of finally living together. For Roland, their happiness seems almost complete. What he doesn’t know, however, is that while secretly checking out Berlin’s nightlife, Lars is experimenting with a deadly poison – an obsession that will lead to a horrific outcome for the couple.

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Language(s):German
Subtitles:English

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