Rose

Feature Film, AT/DE 2026, DCP, 93 min, 18.3. EÖ OmeU, 18.3. OmeU + AD, 20.3. OmeU + AD

During the Thirty Years’ War, a soldier turns up in a Protestant village and claims to be the heir to an abandoned estate. The mysterious stranger is in fact Rose, who passes herself off as a man. In her pursuit of social recognition, and despite the community’s suspicion, she continues to write her own story—letting words become reality. Based on historical accounts, this fictional portrait of a woman explores fundamental questions about the nature of freedom and identity.

Content Notes: Rose addresses sexual violence and depicts rape

Director: Markus Schleinzer
Script: Markus Schleinzer, Alexander Brom
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Caro Braun, Marisa Growaldt, Godehard Giese, Augustino Renken, Robert Gwisdek
Camera: Gerald Kerkletz
Editor: Hansjörg Weißbrich
Location Sound: Uve Haußig, Nora Czamler
Music: Tara Nome Doyle
Sounddesign: Manuel Grandpierre
Production Design: Olivier Meidinger
Costumes: Doris Bartelt
Additional Credits: Maskenbild: Anette Keiser
Producers: Johannes Schubert, Philipp Worm, Tobias Walker, Karsten Stöter
Production: Schubert Füm
Co-production: ROW Pictures (DE), Walker+Worm Film (DE)
World Sales: The Match Factory
Distribution in Austria: Filmladen
Funded by: ÖFI – Österreichisches Filminstitut
Land Niederösterreich Kultur
FFW – Filmfonds Wien
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
World Premiere: Berlinale Wettbewerb 2026
Austrian Premiere: Diagonale '26
Kinostart: 17.04.2026
Production format: digital