2012 · drama · history · war
Rose
Directed by Wojtek Smarzowski1h 30m2012
This harrowing tale of survival centers on Rose, a Masurian woman, whose German soldier husband was killed in the war, leaving her alone on their farm. A single woman had no defense against Russian soldiers who raped as a form of revenge, nor against plundering Poles who found themselves in desperate straits. Help arrives for Rose in the form of Tadeusz, a former officer in the Polish Home Army who deserted after he saw his wife raped and murdered by Russian troops and is attempting to hide his identity.
Our read: Rose (2012) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · history · war entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / history, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- extreme
- bleak
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