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Rose Bernd

Rose Bernd

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 31, 1957

Runtime

1h 38m

Genres

Drama

User Score

63%

Original Title

Rose Bernd

Production Companies

Bavaria Film

Director

Wolfgang Staudte

Description

West Germany's entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was this cinemadaptation of the Gerhardt Hauptman play Rose Bernd. The title character, played by Maria Schell, is a servant girl on a remote farm. Sexually assaulted by both her employer and a coworker, Rose later bears a child, who die soon afterward. After nearly two hours of unrelieved misery, Rose finally finds happiness in the arms of a longtime admirer (where has he been for the past 12 reels?) Rose Bernd (aka The Sins of Rose Bernd) received a smattering of American showings thanks to the drawing power of star Maria Schell.