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The Unspeakable
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Wikipedia article
'The Unspeakable' (Polish: 'O czym si nie mwi', also 'O czem si nie mwi') is a 1924 Polish lost silent drama film directed by Edward Puchalski, starring Jadwiga Smosarska and Wanda Siemaszkowa.Skaff p.82 It was remade in 1939.
The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jzef Galewski and Mieczysaw 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'
* Kazimierz Justian as clerk Krajewski 'Tatucio'
* Wanda Siemaszkowa as Romanowa
* Wadysaw Grabowski as Konitz
* Stefan Jaracz as counselor Wolski
* Maria Gorczyska as Maka
* Wieslaw Gawlikowski as pimp Kosz
* Maria Chaveau as Prysadna
* Ludwik Fritsche as Ten, co paci
* Maria Dulba as Gwozdecka
* Maria Balcerkiewiczwna as "one of them"
* Justyna Czartorzyska
* Jzef Wgrzyn
* Mira Zimiska
* Tadeusz Olsza
* Jan Szymanski
* Wlodzimierz Macherski
References
Bibliography
* Skaff, Sheila. 'The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939'. Ohio University Press, 2008.
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