Whether legendary Chinese warrior Hua Mulan, France's patron saint Joan of Arc or pirates Mary Read and Anne Bonny, history offers numerous examples of women who adopted male clothing to circumvent the assigned gender roles that restricted their freedom — and many more cases remain undocumented. Markus Schleinzer's film "Rose," a historical drama set in the 17th century, imagines the life of one of these women who conceals her gender. Starring Sandra Hüller in the title role, Rose appears in an isolated community as a scarred soldier returning from the Thirty Years' War , and claims to be the heir to a long-abandoned farmstead. Following its premiere at the Berlinale , "Rose" hits German theaters on April 30, and it will also be distributed internationally by Mubi later this year. A quest for freedom When filmmaker Markus Schleinzer turned 50, one of his friends told him that exactly 250 years before his birth, a woman who presented as a man for most of her life was executed for sodomy.…