Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Das Mädchen Rosemarie" or "The Girl Rosemarie" is a West German German-language movie from 1958, which means it will soon have its 60th anniversary. It is in black-and-white and won a Golden Globe back then as well. However, Germany did not choose to submit it to the Oscars. Maybe it also would have been a bit too controversial. But it sure was current as the title character is the young prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt who died recently and the circumstances of her death are still ominous until today because of her involvement with the rich and famous, but also mobsters you see in the film here especially. But what makes this film really stand out is not only the story, especially as the story may not be really that accurate on many occasions. This perfectly fine though as creative freedom is nothing to be too harsh about and it was an interesting watch as well as one that may have you on the edge of your seat occasionally. But back to what I said earlier. There are elements in this film that you really would not expect and this includes somewhat subtly comedic scenes as well as the great deal music. It's certainly close to a level that one could call it a musical, even if it may a be a bit edgy. And with all these influences, the film never forgets its true purpose, namely telling the tragic story of the title character. There are many really smart scenes. You will recognize them when you see them. Let me just mention one example, namely the parallel between the ending and the beginning. And the sad statement that every girl is basically exchangeable, in terms of physicality, but also in terms of character and attitude that eventually did not matter at all in their profession. The director is Rolf Thiele and he did a pretty good job. Kinda shocking to see that he has not made any other somewhat known films during his long and prolific career. The material for him may have been lighter frequently. He is also one of (no less than) four writers working on the script and it's nice for once to see that we don't have a case of too many cooks spoiling the broth. And the actors give convincing performances too and this involves many others too, not just Tiller for whom it's a career-defining performance. I actually would have hoped for Adorf and Froebe perhaps to have even more/better material to work with as their characters were a bit underused and probably did not match the actors' talent. But that's just a minor criticism. All in all, I am convinced by the film and it's a rare occasion of a German movie from the 1950s that was actually good. And it did not even need the oh so important WWII subject for succeeding. Well done to everybody involved. Go see it. And then decide for yourself if you wanna give the Nina Hoss film on the same character a chance, if you manage to get a hand on it.

placroix-1 In Das Mädchen Rosemarie, I felt very unsatisfied from the story line. I had a difficult time getting into the time of the movie to let go of reality. The acting was very cut and dry. No one really showed any type of real emotional and powerful acting. My favorite part in the movie was at the dinner party when the wives and then everyone started jumping in the pool for money. Thinking about recentmovies I thought of Pretty Woman with a lot less emotion and entertainmentvalue. Since I was not very into the plot and action taking place on the screen I was very focused on the camera movements and angles. I am not a historian, but I felt like the car scenes were probably innovative. Especially during Rosemarie and Hartog's trip to the club for lunch when it went up and over he car.My final comments on this movie, would be to go see, but don't expect to bemoved by the acting of engaged by the plot. See this movie to pick up on the camera techniques and angles.

Sykik6901 I believe that this film was not a very good one. It is not that I thought it was a bad movie, it is just that I found it very hard to follow and therefore I lost interest very early on in the movie. From the beginning, I did not find the movie visually stimulating at all. It just seemed very flat to me and therefore it was not exciting for me to watch. I think what bothered me the most about the film was the still shots. What is brought to my mind is the shots of just cars driving by. This was not stimulating to me at all. I feel that some how, the film needed to be more vibrant, perhaps maybe with color. I understand that the film was made in the 50s, however, hopefully the remake made use of color to add more visual stimulation to the movie. I guess I also lost some interest in the movie because I really did not like how the hotel clerk was "selling off" women. I do understand though that it was the practice at the time. I also felt like the acting was not dramatic enough. All in all, I believe that I lost interest in the film because I did not find it very stimulating. In my eyes, it was nothing great to look at and the music was nothing spectacular either. Lastly, the acting did not do anything to justify the film, and it simply just brought it down even more.

burgs "Das Mådchen Rosemarie" portrays an interesting view of a West German girl'sintroduction to the capitalist society in which big companies and moneydominate. I found the film to be very interesting. I thought that the camera angles were very unique...especially in initial bar scene. I thought that moving the camera around the bar, without cutting, was a very unique way of viewing the room and all of the people in it. I think that the characters were acted out very well. Hartog was completelystone cold. He rarely ever showed emotion on his face, other than deepthought. Even in the end, when Rosemarie was attempting to get him to leavehis wife for her, he showed very little emotion. This was one aspect of the film that stood out to me. I particularly enjoyed the two young men who used their musical talents to help Rosemarie and later Rebecca on their way into the "big time." Although these two were essentially gold-digging scumbags, they introduced a fair amount ofhumor and unique songs to the film. A perfect example of this humor was when they "tried out" various girls to see which would be the best to take Rosemarie's spot in their trio of sorts. In the middle of the movie, I thought the plot was a little shaky, but in the end it all came together perfectly. All in all, I thoroughly enjoyed the film and thought it portrayed capitalism wonderfully.