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Rosenstrasse

2003-09-18 · 136 min · ★ 6.4

Drama · War

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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Directors
Margarethe von Trotta
Production companies
Letterbox Filmproduktion, Tele München
Countries
Germany, Netherlands
Status
Released

Top Cast

Katja RiemannKatja RiemannLena Fischer ( 33 Jahre alt )
Maria SchraderMaria SchraderHannah Weinstein
Doris SchadeDoris SchadeLena Fischer ( 90 Jahre alt )
Jutta LampeRuth Weinstein ( 60 Jahre alt )
Svea LohdeRuth Weinstein ( 8. Jahre alt )
Jürgen VogelJürgen VogelArthur von Eschenbach
Martin FeifelMartin FeifelFabian Fischer
Fedja van HuêtFedja van HuêtLuis Marquez
Carola RegnierCarola RegnierRachel Rosenbauer
Plien van BennekomPlien van BennekomMarion
Romijn ConenRomijn ConenBen
Julia EggertEmily
Thekla ReutenThekla ReutenKlara Singer
Jutta WachowiakFrau Goldberg
Jan DecleirJan DecleirNathan Goldberg
Lena StolzeLena StolzeMiriam Süßmann
Carine CrutzenCarine CrutzenErikas Mutter
Lilian SchifferErika
Sarah NemitzAdele
Rainer StreckerRainer StreckerSS Schneider

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