The Unspeakable
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Directed by | |
Written by | Edward Puchalski Gabriela Zapolska (novel) |
Starring | Jadwiga Smosarska |
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Production company | |
Release date | 21 October 1924 |
Country | Poland |
Languages | Silent Polish intertitles |
The Unspeakable (Polish: O czym się nie mówi, also O czem się nie mówi) is a 1924 Polish lost silent drama film directed by , starring Jadwiga Smosarska and .[1] It was remade in 1939.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors and Mieczysław Krawicz.
Plot[]
Krajewski, a banking clerk, falls in love with Frania, a girl he met accidentally. Frania returns the favor, but it turns out that she is so impoverished that she works as a prostitute. She's completely dependent on her pimp, Kosz, and his partner in crime, Prysadna. The next day Krajewski meets Kosz, who treats him as a client and offers him to find and deliver a woman that Krajewski is looking for. Krajewski describes Frania, who is brought to him. Krajewski then offers Frania the prospect of a life together.
Cast[]
- Jadwiga Smosarska as Frania Watorek 'Poranek'
- as clerk Krajewski 'Tatuńcio'
- as Romanowa
- Władysław Grabowski as Konitz
- Stefan Jaracz as counselor Wolski
- Maria Gorczyńska as Mańka
- as pimp Kosz
- as Prysadna
- Ludwik Fritsche as Ten, co płaci
- Maria Dulęba as Gwozdecka
- Maria Balcerkiewiczówna as "one of them"
- Józef Węgrzyn
- Mira Zimińska
- Tadeusz Olsza
References[]
- ^ Skaff p.82
Bibliography[]
- Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
External links[]
- The Unspeakable at IMDb
- O czem się nie mówi on filmpolski.pl
- 1924 films
- 1924 drama films
- Polish films
- Polish drama films
- Films directed by Edward Puchalski
- Polish silent films
- Polish-language films
- Polish black-and-white films
- Polish film stubs
- Lost Polish films