Film
Kobiety nad przepaścią
Poland- Director
- Michał Waszyński
- Year
- 1938
The film presents the problem of women forced into prostitution abroad. Marysia Żurkówna is looking for a better life, she believes that when she leaves, she will go to a better world. A terrible disappointment awaits her. The "kind" people who organized her departure have prepared a cruel surprise for her - she is to become a prostitute. What can a lonely girl in a foreign country do in such a situation?
Top cast
Adam Brodzisz
Walek, Marysia's fiancé
Maria Bogda
Marysia Żurkówna, a country girl
Kazimierz Junosza-Stepowski
Watchmaker Wolak, The head of a gang of human traffickers
Nora Ney
Lora Ventana, Member of a sex trafficking gang
Jadwiga Andrzejewska
Iza the scout
Aleksander Żabczyński
Artur Klug, Member of a gang of human traffickers
Stanisław Sielański
Sailor Staś
Directed by
Michał Waszyński, Emil Chaberski
Written by
Anatol Stern