Rosenstrasse (2004)
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Reviews Counted: 61 Fresh: 34 Rotten:27 Average Rating: 5.7/10
Consensus:
Thoughtful drama marred by structural problems.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins
Theatrical Release: Aug 20, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $277,843
Synopsis: Another tragic episode of the Holocaust is brought to light in Margarethe Von Trotta's ROSENSTRASSE. In 1943 Berlin, contrary to the laws that were written on paper, intermixed Jews were cruelly separated from their Aryan husbands and wives without warning, and were placed in a holding cell... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Maria Schrader, Katja Riemann, Martin Feifel, Doris Schade, Sigurd Lohde
Director: Margarethe Von Trotta
Screenwriter: Pamela Katz, Margarethe Von Trotta
Composer: Loek Dikker
Screenwriter: Pamela Katz, Margarethe Von Trotta
Composer: Loek Dikker
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In spite of some manipulation and improbability, Rosenstrasse made me feel good for a good, historical reason, and it didn't minimize anyone's suffering in the process.
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11/01/06
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02/09/06
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Lena became a foster mother to Ruth for several years, but for all the interest von Trotta puts into that story, Lena might as well have been asked to catsit.
09/16/05
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07/21/05
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06/04/05
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This story is inherently dramatic enough to stand on its own, but von Trotta throws it off-kilter by framing her film within a dead-end, modern subplot.
01/08/05
While most of Rosenstrasse is set in World War II, there are present-day, flash-forward sequences that are considerably less involving. Actually, they're so dull that they drag the entire movie to a screeching halt.
12/24/04
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12/19/04
The film is anchored in particular by the dual performances of Schade as the 90-year-old Lena and the magnificent Riemann as her younger counterpart.
12/17/04
the true story, of one of the few attempts by Germans to launch protests against the Nazi dictatorship
12/13/04
Not uninteresting, and it is very nicely performed, although you'll strain to learn from the movie the history on which it is based and struggle futilely to get inside the motivations of its characters.
12/12/04
The trite framework, static staging and unemotional acting render this a most forgettable Holocaust tale.
12/03/04
Has the never-ending wave of less-than-essential Holocaust movies begun to reduce the most horrific episode of the 20th Century to the level of just another genre?
11/15/04
Succeeds as a testament to the power of love and, in particular, as a tribute to brave women.
10/29/04
The episode...is a fascinating one, and potentially the stuff of powerful drama. But von Trotta blunts the impact.
10/25/04
A Holocaust drama that proves it's possible to make a minor movie about a major subject.
10/22/04
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Lampe, Schrader and Riemann all do the best they can, but this film sinks under weight of the clunky screenplay by von Trotta and Pamela Katz.
10/19/04
I couldn't get past the modern-day interruptions to get to the heart of this story.
10/15/04
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