Rosenstrasse
2003 · Movie · 130 min. · Germany
When Ruth's husband dies in New York, in 2000, she imposes strict Jewish mourning, which puzzles her children. A stranger comes to the house - Ruth's cousin - with a picture of Ruth, age 8, in Berlin, with a woman the cousin says helped Ruth escape. Hannah, Ruth's daughter engaged to a gentile, goes to Berlin to find the woman, Lena Fisher, now 90. Posing as a journalist investigating intermarriage, Hannah interviews Lena who tells the story of a week in 1943 when the Jewish husbands of Aryan women were detained in a building on Rosenstrasse. The women gather daily for word of their husbands. The film goes back and forth to tell Ruth and Lena's story. How will it affect Hannah?
Direction Margarethe von Trotta
Cast Katja Riemann · Maria Schrader · Martin Feifel · Jürgen Vogel · Doris Schade · Jutta Lampe · Svea Lohde · Carola Regnier · Plien van Bennekom · Romijn Conen
Soundtrack Loek Dikker
Screenplay Margarethe von Trotta · Pam Katz
Cinematography Franz Rath
Original title Rosenstraße
Also known as Rosenstrasse
6.3
212 votes (FilmAffinity)
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