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Ludzie bez jutra

192183 minPoland
DramaRomanceCrime

Synopsis

An actress and a cavalry officer enter a love affair that moves toward a fatal pact. Desire, despair and the social world around them turn the relationship into a tragedy.

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Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
83:03
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Aleksander Hertz · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsAleksander Hertz

Inspirations

The Polish film draws on the real relationship between actress Maria Wisnowska and Russian officer Alexander Bartenev, who killed her. The dramatization provoked controversy on release and was long thought lost before its rediscovery in Germany in 2015.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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