Austria has selected director Markus Schleinzer's Rose as its submission for this year's Academy Awards. Set in 17th century Germany amid the Thirty Years War, the film stars Sandra Hüller as Rose, a woman who disguises herself as a man in order to convince a remote village that she is the heir to an abandoned farm.
Rose is in UK/ROI cinemas from February 5th, 2027. It will receive its UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on October 13th.
Check out the trailer and poster below.
The official synopsis reads:
Amidst the turmoil of the Thirty Years´ War, somewhere in Germany, a mysterious soldier appears in a secluded Protestant village. Small and quiet, his face disfigured by a scar, this stranger declares himself the heir of a long-abandoned farmstead and produces a document to support his claim to the suspicious villagers. With time, he overcomes their doubts and shows himself to be a hard-working, God-fearing man, becoming part of the community in a quest for acceptance made up of impossible deceit. The true and twisted tale of a deceiver of land and folk, who, defying her birth as a woman, comported herself as a man and committed many a wicked deed.
