"She climbed a ladder of lovers into a lap of luxury!" Woolner Brothers issued this 1959 German melodrama (aka Love Now, Pay Later) based on the true story of high-class prostitute Rosemarie Nitribitt, whose violent 1957 murder led to scandal with the discovery of a list of her well-heeled clients. Though she's poorly dubbed, Brit export Belinda Lee (The Runaway Bus) is terrific as Rosemarie. Also with Walter Rilla from the Lee Van Cleef western Day of Anger and Karl Lieffen (Rudy, the Racing Pig). Cinematography was by Kubrick veteran Georg Krause (Paths of Glory). Nitribitt's sad story yielded a novel, radio plays, four other films, and a musical entitled "The Girl Rosemarie."
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