Rosenstrasse
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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Cast
36 people
Katja Riemann
Lena Fischer ( 33 Jahre alt )
Known for
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Maria Schrader
Hannah Weinstein
Known for
Deutschland
Aimée & Jaguar
Doris Schade
Lena Fischer ( 90 Jahre alt )
Known for
Veronika Voss
Marianne and Juliane
Jutta Lampe
Ruth Weinstein ( 60 Jahre alt )
Known for
Marianne and Juliane
Svea Lohde
Ruth Weinstein ( 8. Jahre alt )
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Jürgen Vogel
Arthur von Eschenbach
Known for
The Wave
Stereo
Martin Feifel
Fabian Fischer
Known for
Pagan Peak
Sebastian Fitzek's Therapy
Fedja van Huêt
Luis Marquez
Known for
Maxton Hall – The World Between Us
Speak No Evil
Carola Regnier
Rachel Rosenbauer
Known for
Walk on Water
Plien van Bennekom
Marion
Known for
Miss Minoes
Romijn Conen
Ben
Known for
Van der Valk
Julia Eggert
Emily
Also in
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Margarethe von Trotta Director · Pamela Katz Screenplay Loek Dikker Composer
United States release September 20, 2004 · Produced in Germany, Netherlands · Languages English, German
Production
Letterbox Filmproduktion
Production
Tele München
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Studio
Studio Hamburg Letterbox Filmproduktion
Production
Tele München Fernseh Produktionsgesellschaft (TMG)
Production
Germany · Netherlands
Produced in
Languages
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German
Release dates
Canada · September 18, 2003
Limited theatrical
Germany · September 18, 2003
Theatrical
United States · September 20, 2004
Theatrical
Austria
October 3, 2003 · Digital
Switzerland
September 18, 2003 · Digital
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