Rosenstrasse

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?

Trailer

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Cast and crew

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  Katja RiemannLena Fischer ( 33 Jahre alt )

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  Maria SchraderHannah Weinstein

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  Doris SchadeLena Fischer ( 90 Jahre alt )

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  Jutta LampeRuth Weinstein ( 60 Jahre alt )

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  Svea LohdeRuth Weinstein ( 8. Jahre alt )

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  Jürgen VogelArthur von Eschenbach

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  Martin FeifelFabian Fischer

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  Fedja van HuêtLuis Marquez

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  Carola RegnierRachel Rosenbauer

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  Plien van BennekomMarion

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  Romijn ConenBen

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  Julia EggertEmily

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  Thekla ReutenKlara Singer

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  Jutta WachowiakFrau Goldberg

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  Jan DecleirNathan Goldberg

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  Lena StolzeMiriam Süßmann

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  Carine CrutzenErikas Mutter

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  Lilian SchifferErika

Director

Margarethe von Trotta

Writer

Margarethe von Trotta and Pamela Katz

Music

Loek Dikker

Cinematography

Franz Rath