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Fraulein | 
 enlarge | Director: Andrea Staka
Actors: Mirjana Karanovic, Andrea Zogg, Zdenko Jelcic, Marija Skaricic, Pablo Aguilar
Studio: Film Movement
Category: DVD
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Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 32746
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Languages: German (Original Language), Croatian (Original Language), Serbian (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 81
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
UPC: 616892915027
EAN: 0616892915027
ASIN: B000Y36PYS
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: November 4, 2008
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The Women January 2, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
"Fraulein"
The Women
Amos Lassen
"Fraulein" directed by Swiss filmmaker Andrea Staka deals with women who are pressured to explain their historical significance. Ruza left Serbia her mother country, some thirty years ago and now lives in Zurich, Her life is quite boring being a series of repetitive movements. One day, Ana arrives and upsets Ruza's organized world. A friendship develops between the two women who each possesses a strong will.
Ruza has been living in Zurich for a long time. She is sour and she runs her canteen the way she runs her life--without feeling. She is sad and dejected and bored. When Ana comes to work with her, she looks for pleasure to overcome her war-torn past. She has a health problem as well but she is a free spirit who tries to bring life to Ruza. There is a third woman--an employee of Ruza is also Yugoslavian, Mila. She is also somewhat repressed. Ana is set upon changing the other women's lives.
Here is a film that plays to the emotions and repression is the theme of the film. The three women are powerful actresses and what they share is ties to a country that no longer exists. Here is an interesting look at women who long to have their place but who also realize that the place they called home in no more.
A Simple Phenomenal Film December 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is far and above the absolute best Film Movements film in the series. I haven't seen or heard a film this well done in a very long time. Buy or rent this film.
The opening scene sets the tone of this film. We see a man pruning trees. The only sound we hear is the sound of his saw cutting the thin young branches. The last sound we hear is the click of a branch breaking off, but don't see that branch break. The scene is very gray, overcast sky, and in the winter. It is a metaphor for the rest of the film.
So many films start with a particular style, something different. It catches your eye or your ears or your mind. About 2/3 to 3/4 of the way through they lose that style and return to the same old melodrama we've all seen before. Not this film. That sound, the sparse clear perfectly recorded sound works throughout this film. The gray skies, the fabulous framing, the perfect editing, those play all the way to the end of Fraulein. There was a unique style all the way to the end of the film.
This is the story of two women. Ana has left Sarejvo after the war. Ruza is the owner of a very gray working man's restaurant (cafeteria would be more like it). The two meet in Ruza's, aptly named simply "Restaurant."
This is a part of Zurich no tourist has ever seen. It overlooks the city we all know along the lake. This is the working area of Zurich. If I were to describe more of this film, it would ruin the discovery process essential to the story line and enjoyment.
I don't want to oversell this film. It's a remarkable small film that was done on a very low budget. It demonstrates that fantastic stories and an amazing film style do not require millions of dollars to film. I was astounded by the clarity of sound, and how it was almost another character. I was surprised by the wonderful perfomances of these two women. I felt like I got to know them both well. And was amazed at the camera work and framing.
If you're familiar with the Film Movement series, you will love this film. If not, then this might just be the introduction you need to start watching very fine new cinema from around the world.
By the way - Happiness, the short that accompanies Fraulein, is the best one they have ever bundled. It's about an older woman that is a quality control inspector at a condom factory.
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