Rosenstrasse (2003)

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Director:

Margarethe von Trotta

Writers:

Pamela Katz (co-writer)
Margarethe von Trotta (writer)

Release Date:

18 September 2003 (Germany)

Genre:

Drama | War

Plot:

After the death of her father, Hannah becomes concerned with the strange behavior of her mother. As her mother's troubled childhood is revealed, Hannah realizes how little she ever knew.

Plot Keywords:

Anti Semitism | 1940s | Nazi Uniform | Mother Daughter Relationship | Berlin Germany

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Katja Riemann	...	Lena Fischer - age 33
Maria Schrader	...	Hannah Weinstein
Doris Schade	...	Lena Fischer - age 90
Jutta Lampe	...	Ruth Weinstein - age 60
Svea Lohde	...	Ruth - age 8
Jürgen Vogel	...	Arthur von Eschenbach
Martin Feifel	...	Fabian Fischer
Fedja van Huêt	...	Luis Marquez
Carola Regnier	...	Rachel Rosenbauer
Plien van Bennekom	...	Marion
Romijn Conen	...	Ben
Julia Eggert	...	Emily
Thekla Reuten	...	Klara Singer
Jutta Wachowiak	...	Frau Goldberg
Jan Decleir	...	Nathan Goldberg

Also Known As:

Rosenstraße (Germany) (poster title)
The Women of Rosenstrasse (Germany) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for mature thematic material, some violence and brief drug content.

Runtime:

Canada:136 min (Toronto International Film Festival) | Switzerland:136 min | USA:136 min | Argentina:136 min

Country:

Germany | Netherlands

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Switzerland:14 (canton of Zurich) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Germany:12 (bw) | Netherlands:12 | Sweden:7 | USA:PG-13 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-11

Filming Locations:

Bavaria Filmstudios, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany

Company:

Studio Hamburg Letterbox Filmproduktion

Trivia:

Based on the Rosenstraße protest, which took place in early 1943 when the Nazis wanted to round up the last Jews in Berlin, but were resisted by the victims' relatives.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Katja Riemann (2006) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Just One of Those Things

Lena Does NOT Sleep with Goebbels!!!

Here is the explanation screenwriter Pamela Katz gave me for why MvT introduced JG as a specific character in the film:

"...the historical record is very clear: Joseph Goebbels was directly responsible for the release of the Rosenstrasse prisoners, so we needed a way to get Goebbels himself into our film... For a woman like Lena, a woman from an aristocratic family with connections, it wasn't unthinkable that she would make an attempt to go to the top. The idea of getting to Goebbels wasn't impossible for her, so that became our hook."

Those of you who insist on seeing an actual sex act here can read my new thread below & then fire away.

Jan Lisa Huttner FILMS FOR TWO