The film describes the life of a dominatrix who lives in the same apartment building as the director Rosa von Praunheim, with whom he has become friends.
30 Jahre an der Peitsche
Rosa von Praunheim
Born in 1942 as Holger Mischwitzky in Riga/Latvia. Studied Painting at the Berlin University of the Arts. Worked as an instructor. Active as a director, producer, writer, and painter.
| 1969 | Schwestern der revolution | Kurzfilm | |
| 1971 | Die bettwurst | Spielfilm | |
| Nicht der homosexuelle ist pervers, sondern die situation, in der er lebt | Spielfilm | ||
| 1989 | Überleben in new york | Spielfilm | 1989 |
| 1996 | Transsexual menace | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 1999 | Can I be your bratwurst, please? | Kurzfilm | 1999 |
| 2002 | Tunten lügen nicht | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2010 | New york memories | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2011 | Die jungs vom bahnhof zoo | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2012 | König des comics | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2015 | Härte | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2017 | Act! wer bin ich? | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2018 | Männerfreundschaften | Dokumentarfilm | |
| 2019 | Darkroom – tödliche tropfen | Spielfilm | |
| 2022 | Rex gildo – der letzte tanz | Spieldokumentation | |
| 2024 | Dreissig jahre an der peitsche | Spieldokumentation | 2024 |
“The film is about a dominatrix who has practiced her profession in the apartment building where I have been living for 30 years. I always sent my students there and said, ‘You will have to suffer a lot as directors, but try to suffer with pleasure.’ And then they had to write in my apartment with all that emotionality. Students with a high school diploma generally lack feeling, since they are educated purely scientifically. I always have to teach them what feeling is. Because film is not thoughts in images, but feeling in images.”
— Rosa von Praunheim

