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A scene from the film "Rosenstrasse"

woman and, pretending to be a writer
doing research, inveigles her into recall-
ing the period in question. Leith
gripping saga comprises the bulk of the
2 1 4-hour film, and it offers a rare and
emotionally complex glimpse of the
difficult lives that German women
endured during the war.
The vivacious Lena von Eschenbach
(Katja Riemann) was a baron's daughter
and concert pianist who, demonstrating
both her love and strength of will, mar-
ried a Jewish violinist named Fabian
Israel Fischer over the objections of her
father.
After the war began, Fabian and other
Jewish husbands of Aryan women lost
their jobs and were forced to work in a
factory producing ammunition. It was
hardly an easy life, but they were at least

By the sixth day, close to - a- thou-
sand took part in the vigil, and
when an SS contingent trained
machine guns on the protestors,
they screamed back, "Murderers,"
and did not move.
On the seventh day, Goebbels
gave in. He ordered the Jews to be
released to their families, including
25 men who had already been sent
to Auschwitz.
During a brief visit to Los
Angeles, von Trotta speculated on
what gave a few hundred 6erman
housewives the moral backbone to
defy the Nazi rulers in the midst of
war.
"I have talked to some of the
women who were among the pro-
testors, and none considered herself
a heroine," she said. "They were
impelled by the courage of despair."
Questioned on the continued
focus of German and American
filmmakers on the Nazi and
Holocaust eras, von Trotta respond-
ed, "Hitler said that his ReiCh
would last a thousand years. We
have to remember his crimes for the
next thousand years."

spared the fate of German Jews deport-
ed to concentration camps in the East.
And then, without warning, the poli-
cy changed. One day, Fabian was picked
up and imprisoned in a building on
Rosenstrasse with other Jews. It's only a
matter of time before he and the others
are put on a transport.
Lena and her brother, an injured war
hero, desperately use their status and
contacts to free Fabian, but without suc-
cess. In the midst of this crisis, Lena has •
befriended Ruth, and taken her in to
live with her.
Although Lena and Fabian's story is
fictional, it is based on actual events. In
early 1943, dozens of Aryan women —
with no other recourse — bravely stood
on the street in front of the building on
Rosenstrasse, pleading and demanding
that their husbands be released.
Hannah, who is engaged to a non-
Jew from Latin America, is both. ..
impressed and shiken by Lena chroni
cle. Would her fiance be as steadfast,
and go the same lengths to save or pro-
tect her?
But if Lena's story provokes questions
about Luis, it also provides answers
about Ruth. The great triumph of
Rosenstrasse is that it achieves its revela-
tions and reconciliations without con-
trivances or sentimentality.
Only at the end of the picture do we
understand why von Trotta began with
a series of shots of a Jewish cemetery,
silent and empty of visitors. It's as if
she's acknowledging the countless
Holocaust survivors who took their sto-
ries to their graves without confiding in
theitlOved ones.
Now that Ruth's secret is out, she can
at last find peace. From the look on her
face — and Hannah's — in the film's
coda, it's obVious that a great burden
has been lifted. El

Rosenstrasse, in German (with subti-
tles) and English, is scheduled to
open Friday, Oct. 8, at. the Maple
Art Theatre in Bloomfield
Township. Check your local movie
listings. (248) 263-2111.

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Hanle et t.lichigan Opera Theatre

National Ballet
of Canada

Performing
Firebird and Four Seasons

October 7-10, 2004

4 Performances only!

AT THE DETROIT OPERA HOUSE

MUSIC PERFORMED BY THE

MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE ORCHESTRA

FREE DANCE TALK
featuring a member
of National Ballet of
Canada one hour
prior to curtain.

Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10

7:30 P.M.
8:00 PM.
8:00 PM.
2:00 PM.

Tickets as low as $28!

For Tickets, Phone (313) 237-SING
or visit www.michiganopera.org
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