Cham (1931)
Franka, a Warsaw prostitute, is wounded with a knife by a pimp. She ends up in the hospital, where the doctor caring for her, who wants to help her break with her past, offers her a job as a maid in the countryside. Desiring to forget the torments of her past life, the girl agrees. In the countryside she meets Pawel, a simple country boy whom she seduces. The infatuated Pawel, to whom Franka reveals her past, marries her. However, the monotonous rural life bores Franka, longing for a big-city life, and when Pawel leaves for a few days, she escapes with a man she meets casually to Warsaw, where she leads the life of a cabaret chansonist. After a few years she returns, bringing with her an illegitimate child. Pawel forgives her and takes her back under his roof. But this is not the end of Pawel's ordeal....
Directors: Jan Nowina-Przybylski, Charles Méré.
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Krystyna Ankwicz as Franka |
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Mieczysław Cybulski as Pawel |
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Eugeniusz Gielba as Gelba |
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Tadeusz Ordeyg as village headman |
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Lech Owron as chauffeur |
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Mieczyslaw Gielniewski as peasant |
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Jerzy Ney as a dancer in a dance show at a restaurant |
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Maria Chaveau as housekeeper on the estate |
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Irena Carnero as Spinner (uncredited) |
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Ina Ney as (uncredited) |
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Genowefa Oranowska as (uncredited) |
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Henryk Rzętkowski as Cook at the estate (uncredited) |
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Stanisław Sielański as Servant on the estate (uncredited) |
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Czesław Skonieczny as Owner of a restaurant in Warsaw (uncredited) |
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Barbara Wywerkówna as Child (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jan Nowina-Przybylski | Director |
| Directing | Charles Méré | Director |
| Writing | Eliza Orzeszkowa | Novel |
| Writing | Marian Szyjkowski | Writer |
| Camera | Albert Wywerka | Director of Photography |
| Art | Ștefan Norris | Production Design |
| Sound | Jan Maklakiewicz | Original Music Composer |