by Ted Davis
Original Title: Das Madchen Rosemarie
Directed by: Rolf Thiele
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!
Synopsis: In 1950s West Germany, social-climbing high-class whore Rosemarie Nitribitt (Nadja Tiller) learns the hard way that blackmailing your powerful and well-connected clients can be dangerous. Walter (Jo Herbst) and Horst (Mario Adorf) are lazy half-hearted pimps and even lesser musical talents who trail Rosemarie throughout her rise and fall, providing simplistic commentary via a handful of agonizing songs. Very loosely based on a series of real events.
Kitty Cameo: Early in the movie, in the rundown flat they share, Walter plays the accordion and sings, while directly outside the barred window, a young stressed tabby appears anxious to leave the area. The cat wears a collar, and it’s a reasonable assumption that he is a pet, rather than a street cat.
During the scene, Rosemary arrives, packs her bags and engages in a trifling confrontation with the boys, then departs for her new lodgings. As Rosemary walks out of sight, the cat reappears (or is rather pushed into view) then moves nervously from right to left, constantly checking the area for signs of danger.
It doesn’t help that a little girl trips and takes a complete face plant on the ground only a few feet away.
Final Mewsings: Clumsy children make nervous cats even more nervous.
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