History Series / TheCherryQueen

The story is set in the first half of the 20th century in Germany. Ruth Goldfish is the daughter of a Jewish banker. She marries an impoverished non-Jewish baron, Albert von Roll, in 1913, and turns his dilapidated estate near the town of Bleicherode into a flourishing cherry farm. Albert is mobilized during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and gets injured, and Ruth does everything she can to help him get back into shape.

* BittersweetEnding: Ruth survives World War II [[spoiler:but not her husband, Albert.]]

''Die Kirschenkönigin'' (''The Cherry Queen'') is a 2004 German {{historical|Fiction}} drama {{miniseries}} directed by Rainer Kaufmann. It adapts the novel of the same name by Justus Pfaue and stars Johanna Wokalek (''Aimée & Jaguar'', ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex''), August Zirner, Marc Hosemann, Adele Neuhauser, Richy Müller and Jürgen Vogel.

* DeterminedHomesteader: Ruth is determined to stay on the Bleicherode estate no matter what. Even as [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust dark times are falling on people like her]].

* {{Determinator}}: Ruth is determined to stay on the Bleicherode estate no matter what. Even as [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust dark times are falling on people like her]].

* {{Determinator}}: Ruth is determined to stay on her lands no matter what. Even as [[UsefulNotes/TheHolocaust dark times are falling on people like her]].

''Die Kirschenkönigin'' (''The Cherry Queen'') is a 2004 German drama {{miniseries}} directed by Rainer Kaufmann. It adapts the novel of the same name by Justus Pfaue and stars Johanna Wokalek (''Aimée & Jaguar'', ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex''), August Zirner, Marc Hosemann, Adele Neuhauser, Richy Müller and Jürgen Vogel.

''Die Kirschenkönigin'' (''The Cherry Queen'') is a 2004 German HistoricalFiciton {{miniseries}} directed by Rainer Kaufmann. It adapts the novel of the same name by Justus Pfaue and stars Johanna Wokalek (''Aimée & Jaguar'', ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex''), August Zirner, Marc Hosemann, Adele Neuhauser, Richy Müller and Jürgen Vogel.

''Die Kirschenkönigin'' (''The Cherry Queen'') is a 2004 German {{miniseries}} directed by Rainer Kaufmann. It adapts the novel of the same name by Justus Pfaue and stars Johanna Wokalek (''Aimée & Jaguar'', ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex''), August Zirner, Marc Hosemann, Adele Neuhauser, Richy Müller and Jürgen Vogel.

The story is set in the first half of 20th century Germany. Ruth Goldfish is the daughter of a Jewish banker. She marries an impoverished non-Jewish baron, Albert von Roll, in 1913, and turns his dilapidated estate near the town of Bleicherode into a flourishing cherry farm. Albert is mobilized during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and gets injured, and Ruth does everything she can to help him get back into shape.

The story is set in Germany in the 1930s. Ruth Goldfish is the daughter of a Jewish banker. She marries an impoverished non-Jewish baron, Albert von Roll, in 1913, and turns his dilapidated estate near the town of Bleicherode into a flourishing cherry farm. Albert is mobilized during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and gets injured, and Ruth does everything she can to help him get back into shape.

* ThoseWackyNazis: "Wacky" in the sense of "pathetic {{fat|bastard}} shell of a man". A man Ruth's family knew well reveals himself as a Brown Shirt, and engages in antisemitic slurs directed at Ruth. One night, while he's drunk, [[PayEvilUntoEvil Ruth's friends beat him up]].

* UndyingLoyalty: Ruth's non-Jewish friends help protect her clandestinity during the war. Without them, she would have likely died.

* ThoseWackyNazis: "Wacky" in the sense "pathetic {{fat|bastard}} shell of a man". A man Ruth's family knew well reveals himself as a Brown Shirt, and engages in antisemitic slurs directed at Ruth. One night, while he's drunk, [[PayEvilUntoEvil Ruth's friends beat him up]].

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Ruth's mother tragically dies when trying to remove a birdcage from a framework on which scythe blades (used for harvests in the orchard) are hanging. She trips and falls on the ground, and the scythe blades fall on her, pointy end first.

The story is set in Germany in the 1930s. Ruth Goldfish is the daughter of a Jewish banker. She marries an impoverished non-Jewish baron, Albert von Roll, in 1913, and turns his dilapidated estate into a flourishing cherry farm near the town of Bleicherode. Albert is mobilized during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and gets injured, and Ruth does everything she can to help him get back into shape.

The story is set in Germany in the 1930s. Ruth Goldfish is the daughter of a Jewish banker. She marries an impoverished baron, Albert von Roll, in 1913, and turns his dilapidated estate into a flourishing cherry farm near the town of Bleicherode. Albert is mobilized during UsefulNotes/WorldWarI and gets injured, and Ruth does everything she can to help him get back into shape.

The story is set in Germany in the 1930s. Ruth Goldfish von Roll is the daughter of a German Jewish banker. She decides not to leave the country, preferring not to abandon her cherry orchard near the town of Bleicherode, even as the UsefulNotes/{{Nazi|Germany}}s take over and Jewish people are being more and more persecuted. She ends up going into clandestinity as UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out.

* BittersweetEnding: Ruth survives the war [[spoiler:but not her husband, Albert.]]

* TrainStationGoodbye: Ruth has to say goodbye to Albert at the train station as he departs for the war.

* BookBurning: The second episode ends with the infamous Nazi book burnings at Bebelplatz in Berlin.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Ruth gets rapidly bored when hiding in the basement of her home during World War II, so she decides to build herself a distillery in said basement, and then consumes her own homemade booze. She also distillates alcohol because she can't stand being inactive after it's become very clear she can't harvest her beloved cherry orchard anymore, lest she wants to get caught and deported.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Ruth gets rapidly bored when hiding in the basement of her home during World War II, so she decides to build herself a distillery in said basement, and then consumes her own homemade booze. She also distillates alcohol because she can't stand being inactive after it's become clear she can't harvest her beloved cherry orchard anymore, lest she wants to get caught and deported.

* AnOfficerAndAGentleman: Albert is as gentlemanly an officer as they come.

''Die Kirschenkönigin'' (''The Cherry Queen'') is a 2004 German MiniSeries directed by Rainer Kaufmann. It adapts the novel of the same name by Justus Pfaue and stars Johanna Wokalek (''Aimée & Jaguar'', ''Film/TheBaaderMeinhofComplex''), August Zirner, Marc Hosemann, Adele Neuhauser, Richy Müller and Jürgen Vogel.

* TrainStationGoodbye: Ruth has to say goodbye to Albert at the train station as he is conscripted for the war.

* MatzoFever: Albert von Roll (Ruth's husband) is not Jewish.
* ThoseWackyNazis: "Wacky" in the sense "pathetic {{fat|bastard}} shell of a man". A man Ruth's family knew well reveals himself as a Brown Shirt, and engages in antisemitic slurs directed at Ruth. One night, while he's drunk, [[KickTheSonOfABitch Ruth's friends beat him up]].

* WomanInWhite: The beautiful scene in which Ruth and her fiancé have a picnic in the middle of the orchard while the cherry trees are flowering. The white dress Ruth wears is assorted to the white flowers.

The story is set in Germany in the 1930s. Ruth Goldfish von Roll is the daughter of a German Jewish banker. She decides not to leave the country, preferring not to abandon her cherry orchard near the town of Bleicherode, even as the UsefulNotes/{{Nazi|Germany}}s take over the country and Jewish people are being more and more persecuted. She ends up going into clandestinity as UsefulNotes/WorldWarII breaks out.