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The Woman on Trial (1927)

The Woman on Trial poster
Directed by
Mauritz Stiller
Genre
drama film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman faces judgment in court for a crime. The story explores her past and the events that led to the trial.

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What happens

The Woman on Trial is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play Confession by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for Paramount Pictures. Ricardo Cortez was originally cast in Hanson's part until he was replaced. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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