Rosenstrasse

2003 2h 16m DE

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6.4

MID

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56%

ROTTEN

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METACRITIC

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6.7

IMDB

★6.4TMDB · 43🥫56%Rotten Tomatoes●49Metacritic★6.7IMDB · 2,550

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Synopsis

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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?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Katja Riemann
Lena Fischer ( 33 Jahre alt )
Maria Schrader
Hannah Weinstein
Doris Schade
Lena Fischer ( 90 Jahre alt )
Jutta Lampe
Ruth Weinstein ( 60 Jahre alt )
Svea Lohde
Ruth Weinstein ( 8. Jahre alt )
Jürgen Vogel
Arthur von Eschenbach
Martin Feifel
Fabian Fischer
Fedja van Huêt
Luis Marquez

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Margarethe von Trotta
Writers: Pamela Katz, Margarethe von Trotta
Languages: German, English
Countries: Germany, Netherlands

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ERA

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Released 23 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.

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WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, Netherlands.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, shot by Franz Rath. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Loek Dikker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Corina Dietz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Katja Riemann and Maria Schrader and Doris Schade carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0298131 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Margarethe von Trotta directs. Franz Rath behind the camera. Loek Dikker scores. Corina Dietz cuts. Produced in Germany, Netherlands. Dialogue in German, English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 23 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: German, English.
3International production across 2 countries: Germany, Netherlands.
4Directed by Margarethe von Trotta, shot by Franz Rath. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Loek Dikker. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Corina Dietz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Katja Riemann and Maria Schrader and Doris Schade carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0298131 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 43 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.