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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Adult Situations, Strong Sexual Content Movie Release: 1997 DVD Release: 04/29/2003 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, German Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 7 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Drama, Docudrama, Biopic [feature]

A remake of the highly-regarded 1958 film Das Maedchen Rosemarie (released as Rosemary in the U.S.), this fact-based drama follows the rise and fall of a German beauty who went from ex-convict to courtesan of some of Germany's most powerful men to the victim of an unsolved murder. The story begins in 1952 as Rosemarie sleeps her way into an early parole from a detention center. Newly freed, she is sent to a foster home where two years later, the buxom blonde runs away to Frankfurt where she starts living with Nadler, a charming small-time crook. Two years after that, Rosemarie is selling her body in a sleazy bar. One day she brings home a wealthy businessman who agrees to become her sugar daddy. As a result, Rosemarie leaves Nadler. The arrangement works out well, and she continues to entertain important clients. Her undoing comes in the form of a wealthy Frenchman who makes her an enticing, but ultimately dangerous offer. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Nina Hoss - Rosemarie Nitribitt
Heiner Lauterbach - Hartog
Mathieu Carrière - Fribert
Horst Krause - Bruster
Hannelore Elsner - Marga

Bernd Eichinger's 1997 docudrama remake A Girl Called Rosemarie comes to DVD from Anchor Bay with a widescreen transfer enhanced for 16 x 9 televisions. The Dolby Digital Stereo soundtrack is rendered in both English and German with optional English subtitles. There are no special features to speak of. This is recommended for fans of German period films or those with an interest in the history of European high society. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide