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?
Rosenstrasse has generally received mixed reviews.
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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 13 Oct 2004
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Rosenstrasse was released in 2003 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 59 reviews, giving Rosenstrasse (2003) an average rating of 60%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 75%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 63%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Rosenstrasse than critics were.
With a score of 60%, Rosenstrasse is roughly the same as the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 2003, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 2003 with similar scores include films like Looney Tunes: Back in Action, Basic and One Missed Call.
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