THROUGH ROSES
Deutschland 1996/1997, Spielfilm

Through Roses is a film about the tyranny of memory - the memories of a Jewish violinist who survived Auschwitz. Maximilian Schell plays Carl Stern who had played the violin and had to watch through the rose hedge of the camp commander's garden how his fellow inmates were herded into the gas chambers. Now, in a ritual of madness, Stern is overwhelmed by his memories and fantasies. Through Roses tells the story of a man who was forced by history to emigrate from his own - German - culture, who spends his final days in an old people's home somewhere in America - as a prisoner of his own memories. Through Roses, based on the play of the same name by the author and composer Marc Neikrug, also shows the magnificent musical performance by the violin virtuoso Pinchas Zukerman, himself the son of a musician who survived Auschwitz.
Regie Jürgen Flimm
Drehbuch Jürgen Flimm, Marc Neikrug
Vorlage Marc Neikrug (nach dem gleichnamigen Theaterstück von)
Kamera David Watkin
Kameraführung Cary Fisher
Ausstattung Jürgen Flimm
Kostüme Florence von Gerkan
Maske Henny Zimmer, Vladimir Kepinsky
Schnitt Dagmar Hirtz
Schnitt-Assistenz Britta Paech
Ton-Schnitt Stefan Busch
Ton Udo Steinke
Mischung Matthias Lempert
Musik Marc Neikrug
Darsteller
Anita Riotte Bewohnerin des Altersheims
Birgit Tegtmeyer Bewohnerin des Altersheims
Derrick Weiser Junge
Ellen Flimm Bewohnerin des Altersheims
Evelyn Matzura Bewohnerin des Altersheims
Josef Meinertzhagen Bewohner des Altersheims
Julia Stemberger Beatrice
Maria Zimmermann Bewohnerin des Altersheims
Max Tillmann SS-Offizier
Maximilian Schell Carl Stern
Pinchas Zukerman Geigenspieler
Sascha Wansner SS-Offizier
Walter Stickan Bewohner des Altersheims
Weitere Titel
Through Roses (Originaltitel, DE)
Produktionsfirma Bertelsmann Music Group GmbH (Gütersloh), Cinecentrum GmbH (Köln), Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Köln
Produzent Ulrich Lenze
Redaktion Martin Wiebel
Executive Producer Rainer Mockert
Associate Producer Dagmar Rosenbauer
Produktionsleitung Eckhard Wendling
Aufnahmeleitung Thomas Brügge
Filmförderung Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen GmbH, Düsseldorf
Prüffassung Through Roses (Originaltitel, DE)
Format 35mm, 1:1,66
Bild/Ton Eastmancolor, Ton
Aufführung Uraufführung: Berlin: 1997-02-18