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
![Hans Kremer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/449/159449592_4f0be2.jpg)
Hans Kremer
West Germany
Best movies:
Willenbrock (2005)
Rommel (2012) (TV movie)
The Promise (1995)
Fritz Lichtenhahn
Switzerland
Best movies:
Sisters, or The Balance of Happiness (1979)
Germany Pale Mother (1980)
Group Portrait with a Lady (1977)
![Svea Lohde](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/682/159682772_f483d3.jpg)
Svea Lohde
Germany
Best movies:
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Sommer '04 (2006)
![Frank Behnke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/877/159877772_56a4ef.jpg)
Frank Behnke
Japan
Best movies:
The Speer and Hitler: Devil's Architect (2005) (series)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Robert Dölle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/136/160136195_483508.jpg)
Robert Dölle
West Germany
Best movies:
Mack the Knife - Brecht's Threepenny Film (2018)
Nichts mehr wie vorher (2013) (TV movie)
The White Massai (2005)
Jochen Striebeck
German Empire
Best movies:
Lucy, Terror of the Street (1983)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Hannelore Koch
Germany
Best movies:
Der Turm (2012) (TV movie)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Heinz Rilling
Best movies:
The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Carl Achleitner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/233/163233848_3251ce.jpg)
Carl Achleitner
Austria
Best movies:
Das jüngste Gericht (2008) (TV movie)
Tabu - Es ist die Seele ein Fremdes auf Erden (2011)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
![Roland Silbernagl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/448/160448368_949174.jpg)
Roland Silbernagl
Austria
Best movies:
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Die Toten vom Bodensee (2014) (series)
Riesending - Jede Stunde zählt (2022) (TV movie)
Harald Burmeister
West Germany
Best movies:
Dark Woods (2020) (series)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
![Wolfgang Pregler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/502/166502416_9c2705.jpg)
Wolfgang Pregler
West Germany
Best movies:
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Atto Suttarp
West Germany
Best movies:
Wolves of Berlin (2009) (series)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Long Hello and Short Goodbye (1999)
Burkhard Schmeer
West Germany
Best movies:
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Gefühle im Sturm (2002) (TV movie)
Ursula-Rosamaria Gottert
East Germany
Best movies:
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Yvette Richter
Best movies:
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Renate Usko
Best movies:
Deadly Maria (1993)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
![Morris Perry](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/455/161455540_2da189.jpg)
Morris Perry
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
The Bunker (1981) (TV movie)
The Debt (2010)
Plien van Bennekom
Netherlands
Best movies:
Dik Trom (2010)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
Happy Family (2006)
Carine Crutzen
Netherlands
Best movies:
Mike Says Goodbye! (2012)
Rosenstrasse (2003)
The Pool (2014)