Rosita

Rosita

GLORIOUS, VITAL, ALLURING WOMANHOOD; LITHE AND SINUOUS, CAPRICIOUS AND COQUETTISH, FLIRTING!

NR 1923 · 90 min · ★ 6.6 · Romance, Comedy, History

The King tosses Rosita in jail and when Don Diego, who Rosita loves, tries to defend her, he too is thrown in jail. While Don Diego is sentenced to be executed, the King lusts after Rosita and decides to put her up in a luxurious villa. To give her a title, he marries her to a masked nobleman, who turns out to be Don Diego.

Directed by Ernst Lubitsch · Written by Edward Knoblock

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Cast

Mary Pickford Rosita
Holbrook Blinn The King
Irene Rich The Queen
George Walsh Don Diego
Charles Belcher The Prime Minister
Charles Belcher Prison Commandant
Mathilde Comont Rosita's Mother
George Periolat Rosita's Father
Bert Sprotte Big Jailer
Snitz Edwards Little Jailer
Madame De Bodamere Maid
Philippe De Lacy Rosita's Brother

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