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?
Stars: Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade, Jutta Lampe, Svea Lohde, Jürgen Vogel
Crew: Margarethe von Trotta (Screenplay), Richard Schöps (Producer), Corina Dietz (Editor), Henrik Meyer (Producer), Pamela Katz (Screenplay), Markus Zimmer (Producer)
Country: Germany, Netherlands
Language: Deutsch, English
Studio: Letterbox Filmproduktion, Tele München
Runtime: 136 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Sep 18, 2003
IMDb: 4.8
