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Rosenstrasse

Rosenstrasse

20036.32h 16m

Overview

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?

Directed by Margarethe von Trotta
Written by Margarethe von Trotta, Pamela Katz
Produced by Richard Schöps, Henrik Meyer, Markus Zimmer
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Top Cast

Katja Riemann

Katja Riemann

Lena Fischer ( 33 Jahre alt )

Maria Schrader

Maria Schrader

Hannah Weinstein

Doris Schade

Doris Schade

Lena Fischer ( 90 Jahre alt )

Jutta Lampe

Jutta Lampe

Ruth Weinstein ( 60 Jahre alt )

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Svea Lohde

Ruth Weinstein ( 8. Jahre alt )

Jürgen Vogel

Jürgen Vogel

Arthur von Eschenbach

Martin Feifel

Martin Feifel

Fabian Fischer

Fedja van Huêt

Fedja van Huêt

Luis Marquez

Carola Regnier

Carola Regnier

Rachel Rosenbauer

Plien van Bennekom

Plien van Bennekom

Marion

Themes & Keywords

berlin, germanynazideportationwoman director

About Rosenstrasse

Rosenstrasse is a drama, war film released in 2003 exploring themes of berlin, germany, nazi, deportation, woman director. Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, it stars Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade. 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?

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