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Prostitute

192777 minSoviet Union
Drama

Synopsis

Several women in Moscow are pushed toward sexual exploitation by poverty, bereavement and abuse. Lyuba loses the protection of her family, while Vera struggles to support herself after her husband's death. Their experiences, and those of a former servant, bring attention to the people who profit from women with few safe ways to earn a living.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: Russian.
This copy runs
76:54
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Director: Oleg Frelikh · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsOleg Frelikh

Historical context

Set during the Soviet New Economic Policy, the film approaches prostitution as a social problem connected with poverty and unequal power. It was filmed in 1926 and released in 1927.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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