Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust
ID |
FBW003027 Fiction |
Country / Year |
Germany (FR) / USA, 1989-1990 |
Original Title |
Der Rosengarten / The Rosegarden |
Directed by |
Fons Rademakers |
Produced by |
CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin / Cannon Films N.V., Amsterdam; in partnership with Cannon Films, Inc., Los Angeles / Globus-Pearce Productions / Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), Mainz / Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF), Wien |
Staff |
Producer: Artur Brauner; Co-producer: Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus; Editor: Abe Nathan; Production manager: Ingrid Windisch; Producer, var: Jos van der Linden (postproduction assistance); Production manager: Ralf Blankenburg, Günther Russ; Production assistance: Anton Pichler; Secretary: Petra Borghoff, Ingrid Srub; Cashier: Heidi Huber, Charlotte Lauffer-Roll; Location manager: Dieter Stempnierwsky; Assistent director: Lili Rademakers, Stefan Diepenbrook; Continuity: Andrea Buttenstedt; Script: Paul Hengge; Script contributor: Fons Rademakers (Bearbeitung); Original story: Artur Brauner (als: Art Bernd) (Stoff); Based on: Günther Schwarberg ("Der SS-Arzt und die Kinder vom Bullenhuser Damm" / Bericht); Dialogue coach: Ernestine Kahn; German dialogues: Andreas Pollak; Camera: Gernot Roll; Special optical effects: Adolf Woytinek; Camera, var: Christian Reitz (focus puller); Still photograpy: Rainer Bajdrat, Ronald Simoneit; Lighting: Bernd Hübner (Gaffer); Best boy: Dieter Dentzer; Editing: Kees Linthorst; Sound editing: Marc Nolens; Assistant editing: Carine Weve, Karin Müller; Sound: Klaus Laabs; Sync sound: Louis Elman (ADR conultant [Automatic Dialogue Replacement / Nachsynchronisationstechnik]); Sound effects: Hans-Walter Kramski; Sound, var: James William Corcordan (boom operator); Art direction: Jan Schlubach; Assistent art direction: Thomas Schappert; Key grip: Wieland Gaul (Swing Man); Grip: Dieter Baehr (key grip), Michael Groetzinger (grip); Technical, var: Thomas Godsa (electrician), Claus Gerling (electrician); Props: Claus Beiser (prop buyer), Edgar Hinz (standby prop), Thomas Franz (prop help); Title graphics: Bert Spijkerman; Costumes: Monika Jacobs; Costumes extra: Jill Sander (für Liv Ullmann); Wardrobe: Brigitte Friedlaender, Ingried Burmann, Claudia Bigos (Assistenz); Makeup: Karin Bauer-Hurst, Eberhart Neufink, Johanna Rochlus (Assistenz), Angelika Baumeister (trainee); Haidressing: Karin Bauer-Hurst, Eberhart Neufink; Music: Egisto Macchi, Nic Lemessurier (Schlussmusik), Kees Linthorst (Schlussmusik); Musical direction: Egisto Macchi; Casting: Horst Scheel; Press: Karlheinz Quade; Driver: Christian Evert, Rudi Schulik, Jürgen Zygmunt, Joaquin Michalski; Participation: Annette Seggert (Catering), Hagen Bogdanski (Klappe); Stunt coordination: Gerd Gzrezcak, Volkhard Buff |
Cast |
Liv Ullmann (Gabriele Schlüter-Freund); Maximilian Schell (Aaron Reichenbach); Peter Fonda (Herbert Schlüter); Jan Niklas (Georg Paessler); Hanns Zischler (Dr. Rückert, Rechtsanwalt); Georg Marischka (Brinkmann, Oberstaatsanwalt); Kurt Hübner (Arnold Krenn); Katharina Lena Müller (Tina); Gila Almagor (Ruth Levi); Nicolaus Sombart (Richter); Özay Fecht (Frau Marques); Achim E. Ruppel (Klaus, Taxifahrer); Friedhelm Lehmann (Prof. Walter Stauffer); Mareike Carriere (Moerbler, Rechtsanwältin); Lutz Weidlich (Schubert); Peter Kortenbach (Emminger); Marco Kroeger (Harald); Hans Jürgen Schatz (Hrudelic); Dagmar Cassens (Dr. Kurth); Horst Scheel (Ward Physician); Roland Schaefer (SS-Arzt); Uwe Schwarz (SS-Unterscharführer); Rolf Mautz (SS-Rottenführer); Martin Hoppe (Junger Krenn); Helga Sloop (Alte Frau); Helmut Kraus (Taxifahrer); Hans-Martin Stier (Zweiter Patient); Barbara Werz (Frau Hasold); Sylvia Martin (Frau Stulp); Andreas Schmidt (Vladimir); Deirdre Fitzpatrick (Helga); Ines Fridman (Rachel Reichenbach); Evelyn Kussmann (Ruth Reichenbach); Ute Brankatsch (Journalistin); Jean-Theo Jost (Court Officer) |
Length |
3080 m / 112'34'' |
Format |
35mm/farbe (Eastmancolor)/1:1,66 |
Dates |
- 25 Jan 1989-08 Mar 1989: Shooting period |
Further Remarks |
- Außenaufnahmen: Frankfurt am Main (Deutsches Filmmuseum), Hamburg, Berlin/West |
Abstract |
The aged Aaron Reichenbach knocks a man down who he recognizes as being a concentration camp doctor, the tormentor and murderer of his sister. Aaron is put on trial and convicted of assault, while the child murderer gets off unpunished. The central story of the film, the hanging of 20 Jewish children in a school in Hamburg a few days before the end of the war after being subjected to medical experiments, is a historical fact. |
Subject Terms |
Bullenhuser Damm; Frankfurt am Main; Hamburg |
Holdings |
- CCC-Filmkunst GmbH, Berlin; 35mm |
Distributor |
Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG, München (initially) |
Materials |
- Deutsches Filmmuseum (DFM), Frankfurt am Main: Artur Brauner Archiv; Produktionsakten |
Bibliography |
- , in: Film-Echo/Filmwoche, Nr. 46, 19.08.1988 |
Credits |
- 1. LIV ULLMANN |