BERLIN, Feb 16 — Markus Schleinzer’s Rose premiered at the Berlin film festival yesterday, with Sandra Hueller playing a woman in 17th-century Germany trying to escape the...
German actress Caro Braun, Austrian Director Markus Schleinzer and German actress Sandra Hueller pose during a photo call for the film ‘Rose’ presented in competition at the 76th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, in Berlin on February 15, 2026.
— AFP picand enjoy FREE RM10 & when you sign up using code VERSAMM10 with min. cash of RM100 today! T&Cs apply.premiered at the Berlin film festival yesterday, with Sandra Hueller playing a woman in 17th-century Germany trying to escape the strictures of patriarchy by passing herself off as a man. Hueller’s character, the eponymous Rose, is initially welcomed when she arrives in a small village in the aftermath of the Thirty Years’ War and the film charts her attempt to live freely in her assumed identity. Rose marries a young woman from the community, Suzanna played by Caro Braun. When Suzanna discovers the deception, Rose tries to convince her to stay in the marital home by promising her freedom in their life together., said her character “used this drag as a disguise to live in safety and to have a life of her own”.“More and more people who were on the path of being more free and integrated in society, respected and accepted are threatened these days, again,” she told journalists.Austrian Director Markus Schleinzer attends a press conference for the film ‘Rose’ presented in competition at the 76th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, in Berlin on February 15, 2026. — AFP picThe Berlinale has a long history of spotlighting queer films and filmmakers. This year’s edition will see the 40th anniversary of its Teddy award for films with queer themes. “I’m a queer person myself so queer identity and queer history... is always part of my work,” director Schleinzer told reporters. The film paints a bleak portrait of how people in the 17th century were treated when they transgressed social and gender norms. Schleinzer recalled that the period in which the film was being prepared saw Donald Trump, who has regularly targeted transgender people, win his second term as US president. “Suddenly everything seemed like it had the potential to become uglier again in our Western bubble,” Schleinzer said.“When I see something that stirs me up, then I have the feeling that I have to take action.” He said he hoped audiences would reflect on the way that gender still shapes people’s lives in the present day.“There is so much to do, let’s do it. Let’s yearn for a happy ending in our own lives.”
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