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Rose Bernd (1957)
Directed by Wolfgang Staudte
Overview
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
Maria Schell | Raf Vallone | Käthe Gold | Leopold Biberti | Hannes Messemer | Siegfried Lowitz | Arthur Wiesner | Krista Keller | Helmut Brasch