The Rose Garden (1989)

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The US/German co-production The Rose Garden is based on an actual court case. Cast against type, Maximillian Schell plays a shabby old man who, without warning, attacks well-to-do Kurt Hubner at the Frankfurt airport. Hubner presses charges, and it looks like an open-and-shut case. But… More The US/German co-production The Rose Garden is based on an actual court case. Cast against type, Maximillian Schell plays a shabby old man who, without warning, attacks well-to-do Kurt Hubner at the Frankfurt airport. Hubner presses charges, and it looks like an open-and-shut case. But public-defender Liv Ullmann, who has witnessed the incident, is urged by her daughter to defend the poverty-stricken Schell in court. During her investigation, Ullman learns that Schell is a concentration-camp survivor who lost his sister to a hideous Nazi medical experiment, and that Hubner was commandant at the camp where this and other atrocities occurred. Hubner has been able to legally maneuver his way out of Germany, and was en route to parts unknown when Schell recognized him and attacked him. Even though she is armed with this information, Ullmann cannot be certain that justice will be served to the correct man. The Rose Garden is a provocative, compelling piece, deliberately and methodically raising more questions than can possibly be answered within its 112 minute running time. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Rating, Runtime: PG-13, 1 hr. 52 min.
Directed By: Fons Rademakers
Genres: Art House & International, Drama

In Theaters: Jun 1, 1989 Wide
Studio: Cannon Home Video

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Cast

            Liv Ullmann as Reichenbach's lawyer

            Maximilian Schell as Aaron Reichenbach

            Peter Fonda as Herbert Schlueter

            Jan Niklas as George Paessler

            Katarina Lena Muller as Tina Schlueter-Freund

            Kurt Hubner as Arnold Krenn

            Hanns Zischler as Prof. Eckert the Prosecutor

            Gila Almagor as Ruth Levi

            Mareike Carriere as Ms. Moerbler

            Georg Marischka as Brinkmann

            Nicolaus Sombart as Judge

            Özay Fecht as Mrs. Marques

            Achim Ruppel as Klaus

            Friedhelm Lehmann as Prof. Stauffer

            Lutz Weidlich as Schubert

            Peter Kortenbach as Emminger

            Dagmar Cassens as Dr. Hurth

            Martin Hoppe as Young Krenn

            Hans Martin Stier as Patient

            Ute Brankatsch as Journalist

            Dierdre Fitzpatrick as Helga

            Ines Fridman as Rachel Reichenbach

            Jean-Theo Jost as Court Officer

            Helmut Kraus as Taxi Driver

            Marco Kroger as Harald

            Evelyn Kussmann as Ruth Reichenbach

            Sylvia Martin as Frau Stulp

            Rolf Mautz as SS Rottenfuehrer

            Roland Schafer as SS Doctor

            Hans Jürgen Schatz as Hrudek

            Uwe Schawz as SS Unterscharfueher

            Horst Scheel as Ward Physician

            Andreas Schmidt as Vladimir

            Helga Sloop as Old Lady

            Barbara Werz as Frau Hasold
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