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Rosemary (1958)
Directed by Rolf Thiele
Genres - Drama, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Film a Clef, Musical Drama, Satire |
Release Date - Jun 28, 1958 (USA - Unknown), Jan 18, 1960 (USA) |
Run Time - 105 min. |
Countries - Germany |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.
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killing, blackmail, business, car, customer, death, driver, expensive, Germany, girl, hidden, identity, industrialist, life, man, motive, neighbor, problems, prostitute/prostitution, secrets, service, social-climber, songwriter, strangler, street
