Mazurka (1935)

Directed by

Willi Forst

Genre

drama film, romance film

Country

German Reich, Germany

Runtime

1h 34m

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A woman is on trial for murdering a predatory musician. The story looks back at what led her to that point.

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What happens

Mazurka is a 1935 German drama film directed by Willi Forst and starring Pola Negri, Albrecht Schoenhals, and Ingeborg Theek. A woman is put on trial for murdering a predatory musician. It takes its name from the Mazurka, a Polish folk dance. Warner Brothers Studios acquired the U.S. distribution rights but shelved the film in favor of its own scene-by-scene 1937 English language remake, Confession, which starred Kay Francis. Mazurka's sets were designed by the art director Hermann Warm. It was partly shot on location in Warsaw. The film was made by Cine-Allianz whose Jewish owners Arnold Pressburger and Gregor Rabinovitch were dispossessed during pre-production of the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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