Rose – Watch Sandra Hüller in the trailer for the new film by Markus Schleinzer

MUBI, the global distributor, streaming service, and production company, have released the official trailer and artwork for Rose which has been selected by the Austria Selection Committee as its Official Submission for Best International Feature Film for the 99th Academy Awards®.

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.

The film stars Academy Award® nominee Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall, The Zone of Interest), who was awarded with the Silver Bear for Best Leading Performance for her role in Rose at the Berlinale.

Rose is an Austrian-German production from Schubert, Row Pictures and Walker + Worm Film, produced by Johannes Schubert, Philipp Worm, Tobias Walker and Karsten Stöter. The film marks the third feature for Markus Schleinzer. His previous films include his debut, Michael (2011), which premiered in Cannes competition, and Angelo (2018), which played in competition at San Sebastian and Toronto.

Austria’s official entry to the 99th Academy Awards arrives in select US cinemas December 11, plus January 28 in Latin America and February 5 in the UK & Ireland. Coming soon to Turkey, Canada and Australia.