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Crucially, While child protection laws are strict, artistic exception is respected. A German broadcaster might air the film in its original aspect ratio, without cropping for nudity, as part of a "Louis Malle retrospective." Pretty Baby -1978- uncropped DVB german.avi
Pretty Baby was released in West Germany in 1978 with a FSK rating of 16 (later re-rated to 12 after cuts). A German DVB broadcast from the 2000s-2010s likely represents the "tolerance cut" version mandated by German broadcast regulators (ARD/ZDF/ORF). This specific filename provides several clues about the
We cannot discuss this file without naming the obvious: Pretty Baby remains one of the most contested films ever made. Brooke Shields was 11 years old during filming, and the movie features nude scenes of her character that were shot using a body double for some shots, but not all. The Louisiana courts even had to approve the final cut. We cannot discuss this file without naming the
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Brooke Shields (Violet), Keith Carradine (E.J. Bellocq), and Susan Sarandon (Hattie) Storyville, the red-light district of New Orleans, in 1917