Directed by:
Margarethe von TrottaScreenplay:
Pamela KatzCinematography:
Franz RathComposer:
Loek DikkerCast:
Katja Riemann, Maria Schrader, Doris Schade, Jutta Lampe, Jürgen Vogel, Martin Feifel, Jutta Wachowiak, Jan Decleir, Thekla Reuten, Gaby Dohm, Fedja van Huêt (more)VOD (3)
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Von Trotta's film begins in modern-day New York City, at a funeral for the beloved husband of Ruth (Jutta Lampe) and father of Hannah (Maria Schrader). Ruth has always been haunted by her past; though she won't talk about it with her conflicted daughter. It's up to Hannah to travel to Berlin to track down the woman who saved her mother's life during WWII and uncover the truth once and for all. In 1943, Lena (Katja Riemann) was a beautiful pianist who was shunned by her father for falling in love with Fabian Israel Fischer (Martin Feifel). But when Fabian was arrested, she did whatever it took to free him. In the meantime, she took in Ruth (Svea Lohde), an eight-year-old whose mother had also been sequestered. As memories from the past begin to resurface in the present, Hannah starts to understand the bitterness that has tormented her mother for years. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Katja Riemann](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/834/162834245_f1d6ef.jpg)
Katja Riemann
West Germany
Best movies:
Comedian Harmonists (1997)
Bandits (1997)
The Foster Boy (2011)
![Maria Schrader](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/667/165667720_f28c51.jpg)
Maria Schrader
West Germany
Best movies:
The Road to Santiago (1999) (series)
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)
In Darkness (2011)
![Doris Schade](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/307/158307251_9edba3.jpg)
Doris Schade
German Empire
Best movies:
Beyond Silence (1996)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Veronika Voss (1982)
![Jutta Lampe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/305/162305726_62a3f0.jpg)
Jutta Lampe
German Empire
Best movies:
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)
Marianne and Juliane (1981)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
![Jürgen Vogel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/790/168790903_lewix1.jpg)
Jürgen Vogel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Wave (2008)
Life Is All You Get (1997)
Die Kirschenkönigin (2004) (series)
![Martin Feifel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/249/159249233_77cc56.jpg)
Martin Feifel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Promised Land (2023)
Snowland (2005)
What to Do in Case of Fire (2001)
![Jutta Wachowiak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/598/159598081_6cb5e8.jpg)
Jutta Wachowiak
German Empire
Best movies:
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Jan Decleir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/768/165768199_877f7f.jpg)
Jan Decleir
Belgium
Best movies:
Antonia's Line (1995)
Character (1997)
Blind (2007)
![Thekla Reuten](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/810/163810499_12c2c0.png)
Thekla Reuten
Netherlands
![Gaby Dohm](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/444/444276_8616e8.jpg)
Gaby Dohm
German Empire
Best movies:
From the Life of the Marionettes (1980) (TV movie)
The Serpent's Egg (1977)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
![Fedja van Huêt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/940/168940788_fzhzgk.jpg)
Fedja van Huêt
Netherlands
Best movies:
Character (1997)
The Delivery (1999)
Accused (2014)
![Carola Regnier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/284/161284947_33a82e.jpg)
Carola Regnier
German Empire
Best movies:
Walk on Water (2004)
Day of the Idiots (1981)
A Woman in Flames (1983)
![Lena Stolze](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/630/158630063_1315b6.jpg)
Lena Stolze
Best movies:
Lemmings, Part 1 - Arcades (1979) (TV movie)
The White Rose (1982)
The Nasty Girl (1990)
![Martin Wuttke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/780/164780840_7ce0e5.jpg)
Martin Wuttke
West Germany
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Maximilian & Marie De Bourgogne (2017) (series)
No Place to Go (2000)
![Hans Peter Hallwachs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/286/159286321_2772a1.jpg)
Hans Peter Hallwachs
German Empire
Best movies:
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
Degree of Murder (1967)
![Rainer Strecker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/046/576/46576530_b0c4ad.jpg)
Rainer Strecker
Best movies:
Westler (1985)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Nina Kunzendorf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/998/158998485_f924cf.jpg)
Nina Kunzendorf
West Germany
Best movies:
Woman in Gold (2015)
Bis nichts mehr bleibt (2010) (TV movie)
Operation Valkyrie (2004) (TV movie)
![Claudia Rieschel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/989/158989548_1de858.jpg)
Claudia Rieschel
West Germany
Best movies:
The Serpent (1973)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Siemen Rühaak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/201/161201882_bbd841.jpg)
Siemen Rühaak
West Germany
Best movies:
The Hippocratic Silence (2022)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Isolde Barth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/857/165857782_b9f80f.jpg)
Isolde Barth
West Germany
Best movies:
The Stationmaster's Wife (1977) (TV movie)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
The Marriage of Maria Braun (1979)