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?

Katja Riemann
Lena Fischer ( 33 Jahre alt )

Maria Schrader
Hannah Weinstein

Doris Schade
Lena Fischer ( 90 Jahre alt )

Jutta Lampe
Ruth Weinstein ( 60 Jahre alt )
Svea Lohde
Ruth Weinstein ( 8. Jahre alt )

Jürgen Vogel
Arthur von Eschenbach

Martin Feifel
Fabian Fischer

Fedja van Huêt
Luis Marquez
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Release Date
September 18, 2003
Runtime
2h 16m
Genres
Drama, War
Director
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