Rose Bernd (movie)
- User score: 6.3
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Wolfgang Staudte
- Production companies: Bavaria Film
- Genre: Drama
- Release date: 1/31/1957
- Run time: 98 min.
Movie 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.
