72SSIFF - 20/28 September 2024
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Rosita

Ernst Lubitsch
USA
Synopsis
The King of Spain falls for Rosita, a street singer in love with Don Diego, a penniless nobleman who defends her when she is arrested for singing a song jibing the King. Rosita and Don Diego are thrown into prison and he is sentenced to death. The King has Rosita and Don Diego blindfolded for marriage before he dies, but the Queen saves him by slipping blank cartridges into the executioner's guns.
Director
Ernst Lubitsch
Screenplay
Edward Knoblock
Photography
Charles Rosher
Music
Louis F. Gottschalk
Cast
Mary Pickford, Holbrook Blinn, Irene Rich, George Walsh, Charles Belcher
Running Time
98 m.
Country
USA
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