"A Girl Called Rosemarie"
1997
Directed by Bernd Eichinger

This remake of the 1958 film Rosemarie follows the rise and tragic fall of a real life German beauty queen. Nina Hoss plays the unfortunate girl who crawls her way up from poverty to become the mistress of a wealthy businessman. When he refuses to leave his fiancee and spurns her love, she resorts to a blackmail scheme that eventually seals her fate. This provocative portrait of greed, ambition and desire is "brilliantly done" (Film Journal International). German with English subtitles.  127 minutes.