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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 697

Den hvide Slavehandel

191045 minDenmark

Synopsis

Anna accepts what appears to be a respectable job in London and leaves Denmark despite her fiancé's doubts. On arrival, she discovers that the offer was a trap and she is being held in a brothel. A letter smuggled out by a sympathetic worker starts a rescue effort that follows her captors through the city and toward the docks.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Danish.
This copy runs: 32:54
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Danish. No subtitle track in this language.

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No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · August Blom · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

Ellen Diedrich

Svend Bille

Lauritz Olsen

Einar Zangenberg

Victor Fabian

DirectorsAugust Blom

Historical context

Nordisk's production followed a Danish film of the same name made by its competitor Fotorama. Its international sales helped demonstrate the commercial potential of longer, sensational melodramas. The title uses the historical terminology of the campaign against trafficking.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

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Einar Zangenberg — Unknown author; http://www.dfi.dk/layouts/dfi/factsheet/filmgalleryoverlay.aspx?type=ffperson&id=119140&filter=stills · Public domain

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