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      Das Fraulein

      Released Sep 19, 2008 1h 17m Drama List
      69% 13 Reviews Tomatometer A Bosnian woman shakes up the lives of two cafeteria workers in Zurich. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Jul 25 Buy Now

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      Audience Member A young woman has come to Switzerland from Bosnia, and gets a job at a cafeteria run by a joyless martinet woman from that region, and another woman from that region is a coworker. Friends and relatives of the latter two women are also in the mix, while the young woman dances in clubs and has various lovers. She seems happy compared to the two glum older women-but she has seen the then-recent war in her country and has her own dark secrets which are revealed. The young woman tries and succeeds in bringing happiness to the cafeteria owner, but much of the movie is confusing, and was probably not meant for a non-European audience who probably would understand the protagonists' situation better. The movie just didn't cut it for me. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Walter V. Addiego San Francisco Chronicle The film dwells on different ways of coming to terms with a traumatic past, and it's clearly a subject dear to the heart of director Andrea Staka, who grew up in Switzerland but is of Bosnian and Croatian heritage. Rated: 3/4 Oct 24, 2008 Full Review Jeannette Catsoulis New York Times Presents immigrant lives with significantly more empathy than detail. Rated: 2.5/5 Sep 19, 2008 Full Review Aaron Hillis Village Voice Stylized with a recurring misty focus, the film's economically captured detail shots (gestures, expressions, caught moments) convey genuine sensitivity without the expected weepiness. Sep 17, 2008 Full Review Martin Tsai New York Sun It is a minor work, but a beautiful sight to behold nonetheless. Apr 22, 2023 Full Review Nora Lee Mandel Film-Forward.com Refreshingly and sympathetically about women deciding to live in Switzerland as émigré, exile, immigrant, or refugee from Yugoslavia, a country that no longer exists. Rated: 7/10 Nov 1, 2008 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews Murky drama about three displaced immigrant women with deep emotional scars ... Rated: C+ Oct 23, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A Bosnian woman shakes up the lives of two cafeteria workers in Zurich.
      Director
      Andrea Staka
      Screenwriter
      Barbara Albert, Marie Kreutzer, Andrea Staka
      Distributor
      Film Movement
      Genre
      Drama
      Original Language
      German
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Sep 19, 2008, Limited
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Nov 5, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $2.4K
      Runtime
      1h 17m
      Sound Mix
      Dolby
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