Overview
- The film premiered in competition at the Berlin International Film Festival earlier in 2026, where Sandra Hüller won the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance.
- Rose then played major festivals including Telluride and the New York Film Festival and opened in Germany in April before further festival bookings.
- The U.S. trailer and poster were released Monday by MUBI, which confirmed a limited theatrical opening on December 11 in a move consistent with awards-season releases.
- Set in 17th-century Germany during the Thirty Years’ War, the story follows a scarred soldier who has lived as a man to claim a farmstead, and the film uses that premise to examine gender, social power, and community policing of identity.
- Markus Schleinzer co-wrote and directed Rose, the cast includes Caro Braun, Marisa Growaldt, Robert Gwisdek and Godehard Giese, and Austria has submitted the film for Best International Feature at the 99th Academy Awards as part of an active campaign centered on Hüller’s performance.