Rosenstrasse

Sep 18 2003 PG-13 2h 16m
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?

Plot

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 Lenam who tells the story of a week in 1943 when the Jewish husbands of Aryan women were detained in a building on Rosenstrasse and the women gathered daily for word of their husbands. The film goes back and forth to tell Ruth and Lena's story. How will it affect Hannah?

Written by

Margarethe von Trotta, Pamela Katz

Directed by

Margarethe von Trotta

Cast

Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Svea Lohde

Crew

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Production Countries

Netherlands, Germany

Production Companies

Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG), Letterbox Filmproduktion

Languages

English, Deutsch

Awards

9 wins & 3 nominations

Trailers
Rosenstrasse.m4v
Scores
# of Votes
2,571
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
49
Popularity
NA