The restrained movie could've used a little more grand-scale drama, but as it is, it's a worthy and memorable exploration.
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08/21/04
Rosenstrasse (2004)
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Reviews Counted:60
Fresh:34
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Thoughtful drama marred by structural problems.
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... [More]
Starring: Maria Schrader, Katja Riemann, Martin Feifel, Doris Schade
Director: Margarethe Von Trotta
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Reviews for Rosenstrasse
The heart of the film is so strong that its images of love and devotion shared by wives and husbands on the edge of an abyss remain indelibly etched in one's memory.
08/26/04
Top CriticThe film opens a window into the fact that not all good Germans were cowed during those dark times.
10/14/04
There's more than enough to hold our interest.
08/20/04
Succeeds as a testament to the power of love and, in particular, as a tribute to brave women.
10/29/04
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.
11/01/06
Von Trotta has made the story lucidly painful, and only a brick would not be moved. But she has also padded it, rather than burrowing tightly into the protest and its details.
10/08/04
The movie is woven with care and complexity, again confirming von Trotta's place as one of the world's greatest female filmmakers.
08/19/04
Pic is always watchable thanks to the fine perfs, with Riemann and Schade, who convincingly portray young and old Lena, respectively, rating high in the acting stakes.
08/17/04
Rosenstrasse is another morally sensitive and serious film by Margarethe von Trotta about women and their special brand of heroism.
08/18/04
The tears...generated feel earned rather than forced; it's as good a fiction film on the subject as can be imagined.
08/30/04
An absorbing, sturdy and ultimately pedestrian melodrama.
09/24/04
Top CriticA heartwarming and suspenseful look at a little-known event that occurred when 'Aryan' women risked their lives to save their Jewish husbands during WWII.
08/14/04
While the film concentrates on Lena, eloquently portrayed by Katja Riemann, the movie earns your empathy.
08/24/04
Top CriticThe viewer is left both impressed by the gracefulness and subtlety of its effects and confused by exactly what the sum total of those effects are.
08/16/04
All of the actors acquit themselves well, with a special nod to the warm and vital Schade, the loyal and radiant Riemann and Schrader.
01/20/04
Top CriticThe 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
Rosenstrasse is manipulative, to be sure, but it's also very smart.
10/08/04
It's a very intimate, personal drama for three women whose lives are entwined in unexpected ways, and a true pleasure.
10/11/04
As a treatment of yet another unexplored corner of the Nazi nightmare, the film is revelatory; needless to say it's also heartbreaking.
08/20/04
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