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The Girl Rosemarie (Das Madchen Rosemarie) (1959)
| Rating: | No Rating |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Release Date: | January 1, 1959 |
| Running time: | 101 minutes |
| Cast: | Nadja Tiller, Carl Raddatz, Peter van Eyck, Gert Fröbe, Hanne Wieder |
| Director: | Rolf Thiele |
| Producer: | Luggi Waldleitner |
| Writer: | Jo Herbst, Erich Kuby |
| Distributor: | Films Around the World |
Description: Originally Das Madchen Rosemarie, this German musical tragedy has a lot in common with the Bertold Brecht/Kurt Weill theatrical pieces The Threepenny Opera and The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahoganny; in fact, the music heard throughout was taken from Weill's backlog. Austrian beauty contest winner Nadja Tiller plays the prostitute heroine, based on a real-life call girl whose predilection for blackmailing her high-profile customers ended with her mysterious death in 1957. The film was advertised as a satire, with the satirical level exemplified by a chorus of capitalist businessmen rhythmically opening and closing their briefcases. The frivolity of Rosemary is punctuated by moments of chilling horror, including the film's bleak denouement.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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